2025 ECCCNYS Overview: What You Need to Know About Changes in the New Energy Code

This training will offer the audience a summary of the major changes and updates to the residential provisions of the 2025 ECCCNYS as compared to the 2020 version. The course will compare the 2025 energy code to the earlier 2020 code across different provisions, focusing on the changes that builders may have to make for compliance, which may vary across regions based on differences in building systems and techniques. Major changes such key changes to compliance paths and the requirements for electric-based designs. The course will also highlight significant changes in the main sections of the code including thermal envelopes, mechanical systems, ventilation, and power/lighting. Special attention will be given to the additional efficiency requirements sections (R408), the course will explore how to comply with these sections and identify the major updates in the 2025 energy code.