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This report identifies focus areas for streamlining enforcement and ensuring consistency in compliance outcomes across different modelers and simulation tools. The short-term recommendations provided in this report focus on delivering tools and resources that would immediately improve compliance with the ASHRAE 90.1 Energy Cost Budget Method (ECB) and Performance Rating Method (PRM), which are the most commonly used performance-based protocols according to the stakeholder survey.

This document provides recommendations for organizing effective and efficient submittal reviews of projects that follow ASHRAE 90.1 Section 11 and Appendix G.

This document outlines resources to help facilitate compliance documentation and submittal reviews.

The Submittal Reviewer is a professional responsible for reviewing the compliance documentation on behalf of the authority having jurisdiction or rating authority for projects following ASHRAE Standard 90.1 Section 11 and Appendix G. This document outlines the Submittal Reviewer responsibilities.

The Energy Modeler is a professional responsible for performing energy modeling and facilitating completion of the DOE/PNNL ASHRAE Standard 90.1 Performance Based Compliance Form on projects following ASHRAE Standard 90.1 Section 11 and Appendix G. This document outlines the Energy Modeler responsibilities.

This technical brief provides requirements for demand-responsive thermostats and water heaters that could be incorporated into model residential energy codes. It provides background on the benefits of these devices, impacts on the cost of construction, and model code language that can be plugged into the IECC or adapted into other energy codes.

Prototypes in support of HVAC System Performance for Energy Codes Tech Brief

Word template for the Comment & Response Summary Report generated from the Quality Control Checks tab in the ASHRAE Standard 90.1 Performance Based Compliance Form

Summary of the full technical brief which provides additional energy efficiency measures that go beyond the current prescriptive commercial energy codes. It demonstrates relative savings for multiple measures and shows a base savings package by building type and climate zone that is cost effective for building owners and tenants.

Summary of the full technical brief which provides an additional heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) System Performance path that goes beyond the prescriptive energy code. It provides a comprehensive performance-based approach for HVAC system evaluation and analysis.

This technical brief provides additional energy efficiency measures that go beyond the current prescriptive commercial energy codes. It demonstrates relative savings for multiple measures and shows a base savings package by building type and climate zone that is cost effective for building owners and tenants.

This technical brief presents a compilation of information on electric vehicles (EVs), examining market trends, benefits to consumers and society, and means of expanding the EV charging infrastructure by way of energy codes for new construction.

This technical brief provides an additional heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) System Performance path that goes beyond the prescriptive energy code. It provides a comprehensive performance-based approach for HVAC system evaluation and analysis.

This spreadsheet-based compliance form meets the documentation requirements of Standards 90.1-2016 and 2019 Section 11 Energy Cost Budget Method and Appendix G Performance Rating Method. It helps the modeler establish simulation inputs for the baseline/budget and proposed design models and includes a submittal checklist to ensure that all necessary supporting documentation is included in the submittal. It standardizes compliance documentations and simplifies submittal reviews by code officials and administrators of above code program implementers.

This version of the Compliance Form supports the 2021 Washington State Energy code. A number of other usability improvements were made which can be found on the "Revision Log" tab. The Compliance Form was recently updated to support 90.1-2022. View the 30-minute video overviewing the 90.1-2022 Compliance Form updates. A demo of the Compliance Form Lighting Import Workbook is also available.

Zip file contains a blank compliance form and a sample project.