HVAC Load Calculations and Energy Code Compliance in Nebraska
Nebraska-licensed PE
Stamped cooling and heating load calculations and energy code compliance for industrial, commercial and multi-family projects in Nebraska.
Nebraska sets its energy code statewide but leaves the mechanical code to each city and county, and its winters make heating as important as cooling. Both shape our work on a Nebraska project.
The same services in every state
Adicot provides the same engineering services in every state it is licensed in, for industrial, commercial and multi-family buildings of any size. What changes from state to state is the code the work is held to.
- Cooling Load/Heat Load Calculations: room-by-room loads worked with ASHRAE methods, with ventilation rates to the adopted code
- Energy Code Compliance: the building modeled and compliance demonstrated on performance where the code allows it, in the format the plan reviewer expects
Both are sealed by a professional engineer licensed in the state. Get a Quote to see the fee.
We work on industrial buildings, commercial buildings from offices and retail to restaurants and clinics, and multi-family buildings.
The codes in force in Nebraska
As of October 2026:
- Energy: the Nebraska Energy Code, which is the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code with ASHRAE 90.1-2016 for commercial buildings, in effect since July 1, 2020. A city or county may adopt and enforce its own energy code; where none has, the state Department of Water, Energy, and Environment enforces it. COMcheck is accepted.
- Mechanical: adopted locally. The state building code does not include a mechanical code, so the edition depends on the city or county.
- Building: the state building code applies wherever a local code does not generally conform to it.
What is particular to Nebraska
The mechanical code is local. Ventilation rates come from whichever mechanical code the city or county has adopted. Lincoln enforces the 2021 International Mechanical Code; elsewhere we confirm the edition with the local building department before any calculation starts.
Heating. All of Nebraska is climate zone 5A, with winter design temperatures below 0 °F. The heating load, and the outdoor air that has to be heated, often size the equipment as much as the cooling load does.