When using the optional IECC code compliance method, see Chapter 4 amendment in Statewide Alternate Method (SAM) 19-01 (opens as PDF):
https://www.oregon.gov/bcd/codes-stand/documents/sam-19-01-18IECC.pdf
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Beneficial Mass Wall Credits Will Remain in Washington Energy Codes
If you are designing a gymnasium, big-box retail, or one of several other building types, you can still utilize integral-insulated exposed single-wythe concrete masonry (CMU) walls for code compliance. This cost-effective wall system remains a prescriptive path design option in the latest Washington and Oregon energy codes.
Click here to view the full article by Tom Young (opens as PDF).
Beneficial Mass Wall Credits Will Remain in Oregon Energy Codes
If you are designing a gymnasium, big-box retail, or one of several other building types, you can still utilize integral-insulated exposed single-wythe concrete masonry (CMU) walls for code compliance. This cost-effective wall system remains a prescriptive path design option in the latest Washington and Oregon energy codes.
Click here to view the full article by Tom Young (opens as PDF).
Oregon:
Click below to view the SAM 19-01 – Single-wythe CMU mass wall exception, Chapter 4 (opens as PDF).
https://www.oregon.gov/bcd/codes-stand/documents/sam-19-01-18IECC.pdf