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Chapter 5 — NONRESIDENTIAL MANDATORY MEASURES

Section 5.401 — GENERAL

2025 California Green Building Standards Code (Title 24, Part 11) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-07-25 · California

5.401.1 Scope. The provisions of this chapter specify the requirements of achieving material conservation, resource efficiency, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction through protection of buildings from exterior moisture, construction waste diversion, employment of techniques to reduce pollution through recycling of materials, the installation of products with lower GHG emissions and building commissioning or testing and adjusting.

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▸ Contents — 2025 California Green Building Standards Code (Title 24, Part 11)
2025 California Green Building Standards Code (Title 24, Part 11)
  1. Chapter 1 — ADMINISTRATION
  2. Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS
  3. Chapter 3 — GREEN BUILDING
  4. Chapter 4 — RESIDENTIAL MANDATORY MEASURES
  5. Chapter 4 — RESIDENTIAL MANDATORY MEASURES
  6. Chapter 4 — RESIDENTIAL MANDATORY MEASURES
  7. Chapter 4 — RESIDENTIAL MANDATORY MEASURES
  8. Chapter 4 — RESIDENTIAL MANDATORY MEASURES
  9. Chapter 5 — NONRESIDENTIAL MANDATORY MEASURES
  10. Chapter 5 — NONRESIDENTIAL MANDATORY MEASURES
  11. Chapter 5 — NONRESIDENTIAL MANDATORY MEASURES
  12. ▸ Chapter 5 — NONRESIDENTIAL MANDATORY MEASURES
    Overview
    1. Section 5.401 — GENERAL
    2. Section 5.402 — DEFINITIONS
    3. Section 5.403 — FOUNDATION SYSTEMS
    4. Section 5.404 — EFFICIENT FRAMING TECHNIQUES
    5. Section 5.405 — MATERIAL SOURCES
    6. Section 5.406 — ENHANCED DURABILITY AND REDUCED MAINTENANCE
    7. Section 5.407 — WATER RESISTANCE AND MOISTURE MANAGEMENT
    8. Section 5.408 — CONSTRUCTION WASTE REDUCTION, DISPOSAL AND REC…
    9. Section 5.409 — LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
    10. Section 5.410 — BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION
  13. Chapter 5 — NONRESIDENTIAL MANDATORY MEASURES
  14. Chapter 6 — REFERENCED ORGANIZATIONS AND STANDARDS
  15. Chapter 7 — INSTALLER AND SPECIAL INSPECTOR QUALIFICATIONS
  16. Chapter 8 — COMPLIANCE FORMS, WORKSHEETS AND REFERENCE MATERIAL

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