2025 Code Breaker: Multifamily Ventilation
Understanding the New Indoor Air Quality Requirements in California's 2025 Energy Code and earn 1 LU/HSW!
California's 2025 Energy Code introduces significant updates to ventilation requirements for multifamily residential buildings, placing greater emphasis on Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), occupant health, and energy efficiency. Whether you're designing new multifamily housing or preparing for upcoming code adoption, understanding these changes is essential to delivering compliant, high-performing buildings.
Join Nick Brown, President of Build Smart and nationally recognized energy code expert, for a practical one-hour course that translates the latest code requirements into real-world design strategies. You'll learn how the updated Energy Code affects dwelling unit ventilation, local exhaust systems, kitchen range hoods, and Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV) and Heat Recovery Ventilator (HRV) systems, while gaining a clear understanding of the testing and documentation requirements that accompany different design approaches.
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During this course, you'll learn how to:
Understand why Indoor Air Quality is a critical component of California's 2025 Energy Code and its role in supporting occupant health and safety.
Evaluate compliant design options for multifamily IAQ ventilation systems and determine the testing requirements associated with each approach.
Apply the new minimum requirements for kitchen range hood and local exhaust system design and installation.
Understand when ERV and HRV systems are appropriate and how they fit within the 2025 Energy Code requirements.
Whether you're an architect, mechanical engineer, energy consultant, builder, code official, or design professional working on multifamily projects, this session will provide practical guidance to help you navigate the new code requirements with confidence.
About the Instructor
Nick Brown is President of Build Smart, an independent energy consultancy specializing in California energy modeling, energy code compliance, and high-performance building design. As a Subject Matter Expert for Energy Code Ace and a Certified Energy Analyst, Nick has spent years helping architects, builders, and design professionals understand and implement California's evolving energy standards. His expertise spans Net Zero Energy design, all-electric homes, heat pumps, building performance, and advanced HVAC technologies, making him one of California's leading educators on energy code compliance.