Version 10 updates how energy performance is recognized in response to California’s increasingly stringent energy code baseline and recent policy changes. Rather than relying on automatic points for meeting Title 24, the updated framework shifts emphasis toward strategies that deliver meaningful decarbonization, grid flexibility, and long-term reliability.

Energy remains the category with the most points available overall. New and expanded measures reward projects for reducing grid demand, supporting load shifting, and maximizing the value of on-site energy resources, many of which also strengthen resilience by improving reliability during outages and reducing dependence on vulnerable infrastructure.

This shift reflects a move from incremental efficiency gains toward achievable, integrated strategies that deliver real-world climate, cost, and resilience benefits over the life of the building, while keeping energy central to GreenPoint Rated and aligned with California’s policy direction.

In the coming weeks, we will publish additional cost-effectiveness analysis and use it to finalize calibration of select energy point thresholds across California’s climate zones. Version 10 will be updated as needed to reflect this final calibration, and we will notify the rater community of any resulting updates.