Building Energy Code

Much of the information presented in this summary is drawn from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Building Energy Codes Program and the Building Codes Assistance Project (BCAP). For more detailed information about building energy codes, visit the DOE and BCAP websites. The Office of the State Fire Marshal is granted the authority to promulgate amendments, revisions, and alternative compliance methods for the code. LA Energy Code Requirements and Links are available here.On January 1, 2015, the effective Louisiana residential energy code became the 2009 IRC Chapter 11