Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 14 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Subtitle 26 - MARYLAND ENERGY ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 14.26.02 - Green Building Tax Credit Program
Section 14.26.02.05 - Green Whole Buildings, Rehabilitated: Standards and Methods For Determining Compliance
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 14.26.02.05
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 25, December 15, 2023
A green whole building, rehabilitated, is a building that:
A. Meets the following requirements:
(1) Uses no more than 75 percent
of the energy attributable to a reference building which meets the requirements
of applicable energy efficiency standards under ASHRAE 90.1-1999;
(2) At a minimum, is certified as meeting the
requirements to qualify for two of the three following credits in the LEED
Rating System Version 2.0; and
(3)
Is certified as meeting the requirements to qualify for two of the three
following credits in the LEED Rating System Version 2.0:
(a) Sustainable Sites, Credit 8, Light
Pollution Reduction;
(b) Water
Efficiency, Credit 3.1, Water Use Reduction; and
(c) Materials and Resources, Credit 2.1,
Construction Waste Management;
B. Meets the following requirements:
(1) Uses not more than 75 percent of the
energy attributable to a reference building which meets the requirements of
applicable energy efficiency standards under ASHRAE 90.1-1999;
(2) At a minimum, is certified as meeting the
requirements to qualify for a rating of "Silver" in the USGBC's LEED for
Existing Buildings/The LEED Green Building Rating System for Improving Building
Performance through Upgrades and Operations Version 2.0 Unballoted Draft for
Pilot Program (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, January 2002);
and
(3) Is certified as meeting the
requirements to qualify for two of the three following credits in the LEED for
Existing Buildings/The LEED Green Building Rating System for Existing Buildings
Upgrades, Operations and Maintenance Version 2 October 2004:
(a) Sustainable Sites, Credit 7, Light
Pollution Reduction;
(b) Water
Efficiency, Credit 1.1 and 1.2, Water Use Reduction; or
(c) Materials and Resources, Credit 1.1 and
1.2, Construction, Demolition, and Renovation Waste Management; or
C. Meets the following requirements:
(1) Uses not more than 75
percent of the energy attributable to a reference building which meets the
requirements of applicable energy efficiency standards under ASHRAE
90.1-1999;
(2) At a minimum, is
certified as meeting the requirements to qualify for a rating of "Silver" in
the USGBC's LEED for Existing Buildings/The LEED Green Building Rating System
for Improving Building Performance through Upgrades and Operations Version 2.0
Unballoted Draft for Pilot Program (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design, January 2002); and
(3) Is
certified as meeting the requirements to qualify for the following credits in
the LEED for Existing Buildings/The LEED Green Building Rating System for
Existing Buildings Upgrades, Operations and Maintenance Version 2.0 Updated
July 2005;
(a) Sustainable Sites, Credit 7,
Light Pollution Reduction;
(b)
Water Efficiency, Credit 3.1 and 3.2, Water Use Reduction; or
(c) Materials and Resources, Credit 1.1 and
1.2, Construction, Demolition, and Renovation Waste Management.
Regulation .05 amended effective February 12, 2007 (34:3 Md. R. 300)
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