COTE Presents: Charging Ahead – CALGreen EV Requirements for New Construction 

AIA Long Beach / South Bay & Southern California Edison, a Collaborative Partnership

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Description:

As California accelerates toward a zero-emissions transportation future, the 2025 updates to CALGreen (Title 24, Part 11) introduce significant new requirements for electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure across a wide range of building types. These changes directly impact how architects and design teams approach site planning, electrical systems, and parking design in both new construction and major renovations.

This course provides a clear, practical overview of the latest CALGreen EV provisions, including requirements for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicle charging. Participants will gain an understanding of how these updates influence project scope, design decisions, and coordination with engineering teams and jurisdictions.

Through real-world applications and implementation strategies, this training equips attendees with the knowledge needed to navigate evolving EV infrastructure mandates, support client goals, and ensure compliance with California’s advancing sustainability standards.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the structure, scope, and applicability of CALGreen (Title 24, Part 11) as it relates to EV infrastructure requirements for residential and nonresidential projects, including both mandatory and voluntary measures.
• Interpret key updates in the 2025 CALGreen code cycle, including requirements effective January 2026 related to EV-capable and EVSE-installed spaces, updated connector standards (J3400), and revised multifamily classifications.
• Apply CALGreen EV requirements to project design scenarios, evaluating impacts on parking layout, electrical load planning, conduit sizing, and overall project scope for new construction, additions, and alterations.
• Evaluate the role of Automatic Load Management Systems (ALMS) in meeting EV charging requirements while optimizing electrical capacity and minimizing costly service upgrades.
• Navigate CALGreen compliance pathways, including documentation requirements, coordination with Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs), and interpretation of feasibility exceptions for EV infrastructure.

Presenter:

Grant Alpert of West Monroe. Grant Alpert is a consultant with over 9 years of experience in automated driving and sustainability. He brings expertise in project management, data analysis, and strategic communication, with experience across renewable energy, automotive, and sustainability sectors. He has spent time working on algorithms for automated driving at General Motors and various renewable deployment methods and technologies from his graduate degree consulting projects at the University of Michigan.

He is passionate about mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change to make the world a better place for the next generation. His current focus is on building codes and appliance standards, with an engineering lens driven by past experience in the automotive sector.

Grant has dual master’s degrees in business administration and Sustainable Systems from University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Berkeley.