TY - Conference paper AU - David Baylon AU - Chuck Murray PY - 2016 T1 - The development of the residential option table in the Washington State Energy Code PB - 2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, 21-26 August 2016, Pacific Grove, United States DO - https://doi.org/APO-217306 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/217306 AB - In 2009 the Washington State Legislature updated the legislation authorizing the Washington State Energy Code (WSEC). In the process, the legislature also set a goal that the total energy of new buildings would be reduced 70% over the performance of buildings built to the 2006 WSEC by the 2031 code cycle. To meet this ambitious goal the Washington State Building Code Council (SBCC) was authorized to develop incremental steps that would achieve this goal over the eight code cycles anticipated by 2031. The first step on that path was developed for the 2009 WSEC. ER -