Certification, Codes, & Standards

Guidelines used to optimize building performance

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61 articles in this collection
Written by Daniel Chopson, Patrick Chopson, Sandeep Ahuja and 8 others

Automated Baseline Values

What Standard is cove.tool using? Where do the automated engineering inputs coming from? Energy model validation?

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated this week

List of Energy Codes in cove.tool

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

cove.tool Energy Code Map

What are the default energy code for each state in the US

Written by Zahra Zolfaghari
Updated over a week ago

USGBC LEED

USGBC LEED

What is USGBC LEED?

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated over a week ago

LEED points and cove.tool

Can cove.tool help me earn LEED points?

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated over a week ago

LEED Site Assessment Credit - Climate Analysis Documentation

Use graphs and data to document climate analysis for LEED Sustainable Sites - Site Assessment Credit

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated over a week ago

LEED Baseline Energy Definition

How is the LEED baseline determined to inform potential LEED Points?

Written by Patrick Pease
Updated over a week ago

LEED Daylighting Documentation

A written tutorial on how to complete LEED documentation using data generated by cove.tool's 3D analysis (Daylighting)

Written by Jayati Chhabra
Updated over a week ago

LEED Quality Views Documentation

A written tutorial on how to complete LEED documentation using data generated by cove.tool's 3D analysis

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated over a week ago

LEED Surrounding Density Documentation

A written tutorial on how to complete LEED documentation using data generated by cove.tool's 3D analysis

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated over a week ago

How to log LEED’s Integrative Process credit using cove.tool

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated over a week ago

LEED Pilot Credit for procurement of low carbon construction materials and cove.tool

A descriptive overview of the embodied carbon reduction method in cove.tool helps meet the LEED Pilot Credit

Written by Patrick Chopson
Updated over a week ago

Certifications and Other Rating Systems

WELL Building Standard and cove.tool

How can cove.tool help me earn a WELL Certification

Written by Twisha Raja
Updated this week

BREEAM Credits and cove.tool

How can cove.tool meet BREEAM requirements?

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

Green Star Credits and cove.tool

Can the platform meet Green Star requirements for Australia?

Written by Twisha Raja
Updated over a week ago

TREES Credits and cove.tool

How can cove.tool meet TREES requirements?

Written by Twisha Raja
Updated over a week ago

Passive House Institute US - PHIUS

How to use cove.tool to analyze for passive house strategies

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated over a week ago

HERS Index

How can cove.tool be useful in the HERS rating process?

Written by Jayati Chhabra
Updated this week

Living Building Challenge and cove.tool

How does cove.tool help with the LBC certification?

Written by Patricia Kusumadjaja
Updated over a week ago

Energy Star and cove.tool

How cove.tool can help with calculating the ENERGY STAR Score for design projects?

Written by Zahra Zolfaghari
Updated over a week ago

NGBS: National Green Building Standard

Green Building Certification for single-family and multi-family buildings and land developments

Written by Patricia Kusumadjaja
Updated over a week ago

Green Globes and cove.tool

How cove.tool helps with achieving the Green Globes Certification

Written by Zahra Zolfaghari
Updated over a week ago

Standards

Operational Carbon Calculation Method

How to calculate operational carbon emissions using a custom carbon emission factor?

Written by Zahra Zolfaghari
Updated over a week ago

GBCI Standards and cove.tool

How cove.tool supports GBCI's sustainability programs

Written by Zahra Zolfaghari
Updated over a week ago

CBECS and cove.tool

Benchmark Energy

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated over a week ago

RIBA 2030 Target

Can cove.tool meet the Royal British Institute of Architects (RIBA) 2030 targets for energy and carbon?

Written by Zahra Zolfaghari
Updated over a week ago

AIA 2030 and cove.tool

Part 1 - Does cove.tool have any AIA 2030 Commitment, Architecture 2030 connections?

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated over a week ago

2030 DDx Platform and Reporting

Part 2 - AIA 2030 and cove.tool

Written by Jayati Chhabra
Updated over a week ago

What can I report to the DDx?

Limitation of Building Types, Energy Codes, Input, and more

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated over a week ago

Setting up the AIA 2030 DDX with cove.tool

How to upload your cove.tool projects to AIA 2030 DDX Dashboard.

Written by Daniel Chopson
Updated over a week ago

Uploading a Data Center project to DDx

Reporting to the 2030 DDx and data center receives "Project failed to update" error

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated over a week ago

How to report a cove.tool project to an existing 2030 ddx project?

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated over a week ago

Energy Codes (US Domestic)

What is ASHRAE 90.1?

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

PACE Financing

What is PACE financing? Which states participate in PACE?

Written by Zahra Zolfaghari
Updated over a week ago

ASHRAE 90.1 vs IECC

FAQ: Why we chose ASHRAE 90.1

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated over a week ago

Seattle Energy Code Amendments to Washington Energy Code 2018

Written by Jayati Chhabra
Updated over a week ago

Washington State Energy Code Amendments to IECC 2018/ASHRAE 2016

Input references for 2018 Washington State Energy Code Amendments

Written by Jayati Chhabra
Updated over a week ago

What is ASHRAE 209?

What is ASHRAE 209 and how can cove.tool be used to apply building energy modeling to the design process

Written by Twisha Raja
Updated over a week ago

2020 Vermont Commercial Building Energy Standards (CBES) Amendments to IECC 2018/ASHRAE 2016

Engineering input references for 2020 Vermont CBES, 2018 IECC/2016 ASHRAE Amendments

Written by Jayati Chhabra
Updated over a week ago

Energy code compliance check

FAQ: Is there any way to check for energy code compliance?

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated over a week ago

Washington State Energy Code Amendments to IECC 2015/ASHRAE 2013

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

Seattle Energy Code Amendments to Washington Energy Code 2015

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

2020 New York City Energy Conservation Code - NYCECC

NYC Local Law 97, Retrofits, and New Buildings

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

2019 Oregon Zero Energy Ready Commercial Code

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

What is ASHRAE 62.1

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

Title 24 Models with cove.tool

California Title 24 Projects

Written by Sandeep Ahuja
Updated over a week ago

Massachusetts Energy Code Amendments to IECC 2018/ASHRAE 90.1-2016

Written by Jayati Chhabra
Updated over a week ago

What is Title 24?

How cove.tool support net-zero energy for California's Title 24.

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

Title 24 2016 and 2019

Cove.tool automates the energy modeling inputs for the California Energy Code

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

2016 New York City Energy Conservation Code (NYCECC)

NYC Local Law 97, Retrofits, and New Buildings

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

Energy Codes (International)

Where to enter the Part J1 glazing inputs for Australian NCC 2019

Using the NCC 2019 façade calculator with cove.tool

Written by Twisha Raja
Updated over a week ago

Japanese Commercial & Residential Energy Code and cove.tool

The article lists the input references from Japanese Commercial Energy Codes for energy models located in Japan

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

What is NECB?

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

Australian National Construction Code or NCC 2019 and cove.tool

This article lists the sources for engineering inputs that cove.tool refers for Australian National Construction Code - NCC 2019

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

SAP Calculations for UK Dwellings

How cove.tool works in conjunction with the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP)

Written by Daniel Salinas
Updated over a week ago

UK Daylighting Standards for Schools

Meeting the Education Funding Agency (EFA) Daylight requirements for schools

Written by Zahra Zolfaghari
Updated over a week ago

United Kingdom National Calculation Methodology (NCM) and cove.tool

The article lists the input references from NCM for energy models located in United Kingdom

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

cove.tool and Toronto Green Standard (TGS)

Learn how cove.tool can help with Design Development Stage Energy Report Submission (DDSER)

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

What is TEDI?

Thermal Energy Demand Intensity, TEDI

Written by Akshay Padwal
Updated over a week ago

Comparing the Energy Codes: US vs CANADA

Comparing ASHRAE 90.1 2013 and Canada NECB 2015

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated over a week ago

OAA TEUI Calculator

Total Energy Use Intensity Calculator for Ontario based projects

Written by Marco Aguirre
Updated over a week ago