climate zone Archives - Energy Vanguard https://www.energyvanguard.com/tag/climate-zone/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Sun, 07 Nov 2021 18:11:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Climate Zones Are Getting Warmer (Mostly) https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/climate-zones-are-getting-warmer-mostly/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/climate-zones-are-getting-warmer-mostly/#view_comments Fri, 29 Oct 2021 12:51:12 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=6674 Climate zones for energy code purposes are defined in the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC).  Every three years, that code gets updated.  The map that was in the last version of the IECC, which came out in 2018, had been…

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