Holiday Party
LIVE AUCTION DONORS K.B. Foster Civil Engineering, Reno Green Landscaping, Sierra Integrated Systems, Tahoe Sands Resort, WAI Stand Up Paddleboards
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RAFFLE DONORS Bill’s Rotisserie, The Bridgetender, Stella Restaurant at Cedar House Sport Hotel, Coffee And, Craig Price Plumbing, Crossfit Jibboom, El Toro Bravo, Full Belly Deli, GarWoods Grill & Pier on the Lake, Granite Electrical Supply, Root of Design Electric, Lanza’s Restaurant, Moonshine Ink, North Shore Hardware, Sierra Backflow Specialists, The Auto & Tire Doctor, Steamers Beachside Bar & Oven Pizza, Western Nevada Supply, CATT, Heller Construction, Pacific Forest Products, Truckee Community Insurance Services, Stone’s Country Tires, Las Panchitas, Starbucks Incline Village, Tahoe Mountain Brewing Company, Blue Coyote Bar & Grill, Bob the Tax Guy, Allstate Insurance Company, Pure Skin, Tahoe City Lumber Company
Thank you to the Christmas Holiday Party committee:
Chairwoman Jana Lease (Incline Builders), Vice Chair Scott Eckard (Eckard Roofing), Raffle/Auction Chair Ted Reviglio (Western Nevada Supply and Showroom), MC/ Auctioneer Josh Root (Root of Design Electric), and committee members Ryan Swenson (Simpson Strong-Tie), Ken Foster (KB Foster Civil Engineering), Ami Vannoy (Nor Cal Floor Design), Brett Hill (M.T.I. Tile & Stone), Jamie Brimer (Brimer Construction & Plumbing), Kim English (PAC Wood Milling), Greg Haupert (Sierra Integrated Systems), Tally Brand (Wells Fargo of CA Insurance Services), Tillio Olcese (Olcese Construction), Rick Dyess (Sierra Heritage magazine), and Mike Short (Reno SILENT AUCTION DONORS Green Landscaping). Andy Finch, DHC Supplies, Inc., Olson-Olson Architects, Root of Design Electric, Eckard Roofing, James-Harold Galleries, Mason Thank you to our volunteers Valley Hunt Club, Hampton Inn and Suites the night of the Party: Truckee Tahoe, Washoe Steakhouse, JL’s Victoria Root (Root of Design Electric), Melissa Smoke Shop, Mountain Massage, QuickDrain Heller (Heller Construction), Carolyn Heller USA LLC, CATT (Heller Construction), Kerry Haupert (Sierra Integrated Systems), and Mike Rasmussen (Trus Joist Engineered Wood Products).
PHOTOS (top to bottom): • The happy crew from Beach & O’Neill Insurance – they sponsored The Blues Monsters. • MC and auctioneer Josh Root with his “voice-activated” hat.
New California Building Codes
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alifornia is presently in the process of conducting public hearings, drafting and adopting the 2013 set of Title 24 building codes. These new codes will become effective on January 1, 2014. They are scheduled for publication on July 1, 2013. Specifically, the 2013 California Energy Code will cause buildings to become more energy efficient. California is on track to require zero net energy usage homes by 2020. The 2013 code will cause new buildings to be approximately 30% more energy efficient than the current code. Some significant new residential energy requirements in our climate zone (16) include the following. z New building energy forms will be registered with the California Energy Commission via a web server. CF-1R forms will be uploaded to the HERS provider for registration and signatures. z For new residential buildings, the prescriptive glazing U factor will be reduced from 0.40 to 0.32. The prescriptive maximum solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) will be 0.25. The prescriptive maximum west area glazing will be 5%. Both the SHGC and west area glazing prescriptive requirements will be new with this code. For additions and alterations where the amount of new glazing is less than 75 square feet, the maximum U factor will be 0.40 and SHGC is 0.35.
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z Mandatory ceiling insulation increases from R-19 to R-30 and mandatory floor insulation increases from R-13 to R-19. z For new subdivisions, homes will need to be designed to accommodate solar panels, both orientation and dead load. z New and replacement furnace installations must include duct testing unless all ducts are located within conditioned space. New duct installations will require maximum 6% leakage and existing duct systems, 15% leakage or maximum 10% house leakage with blower door testing. The minimum prescriptive duct insulation is R-8. z For possible future instantaneous water heater installations, new water heater gas piping must be sized for 200,000 btu capacity. All hot water pipes 3/4 inch or larger shall be insulated. Electric resistance hot water heat will not be permitted unless natural gas is not available in the street. z For lighting, a minimum of one high efficacy light will be required in each bathroom. All other low efficacy lighting in the bathroom will be controlled by vacancy sensors. All hardwired lighting installed in garages, laundry rooms and utility rooms will be high efficacy and controlled by vacancy sensor. z Indoor air quality requirements have been clarified to include additions. All additions will require energy code compliant local ventilation. Additionally, HERS testing will be required for whole house fan systems. Please contact Plans Examiner Kim Dalbol with questions on the new energy code. Kim can be reached at 530-582-7820.
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