While title 24 applies to all residential and non residential buildings in the state the specific requirements for roofs are dependent on geographic location building use residential non residential type of construction new construction additio n or re.
Title 24 roofing requirements residential.
California s building energy efficiency standards for residential and nonresidential buildings title 24 part 6 contains requirements for the thermal emittance three year aged reflectance and solar reflectance index sri of roofing materials used in new construction and re roofing projects.
Cool roof shingles roofing products with high solar reflectance and thermal emittance are referred to as cool roof which is the outer layer or exterior surface of a roof.
The new title 24 codes allow for substitutions or alternate ways of complying with title 24 energy codes without having a roof with a sri of 16.
The requirements apply to new construction and.
The 2022 title 24 standards will continue to improve upon the 2019 title 24 standards for new construction of and additions and alterations to residential and nonresidential buildings.
The new cool roof requirements affect new construction significant repairs of existing roofs re roofing plus additions and alterations of existing buildings and homes.
Lets say you want to put on a composition shingle roof and the color is a dark black or charcoal.