Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
Title 103 - NEBRASKA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chapter 1 - Construction of State-Funded Buildings
Section 103-1-004 - Compliance Procedures
Current through March 20, 2024
004.01 Technical Assistance The Energy Office will provide agencies with copies of the IECC and related educational materials at agency request. Energy Office personnel will be available to answer questions relating to the IECC and these rules, and to meet with agency personnel to provide informal comments on plans that will be submitted for review.
004.02 Determination of Compliance, Plan Review The Energy Office will prepare a list of documents that must be provided for proper plan review. When an agency has designed a subject building, it will request a plan review and submit those documents to the Energy Office. The Energy Office will review the plans within twenty days following receipt of all required documents and resolution of all waiver requests. Modification of the plans may delay completion of review up to twenty days following the date of the latest modification. The Energy Office will notify the agency of the plan's compliance or non-compliance, and may also identify design elements that prevent compliance or suggest revisions to permit compliance. In some cases, the Energy Office may provide an inspection checklist for use in construction verification.
004.03 Alternate Compliance, Designer Certification To expedite review when a subject building has been designed by a licensed architect and/or professional engineer(s), the agency may submit a Designer Certification, signed and sealed by all designers, instead of the building plans and specifications. The certification form, which will be provided by the Energy Office, will attest that the building design complies and provide summary information about the design.
004.04 Alternate Compliance, Building Owner Certification To expedite review for subject detached one- and two-family residential buildings with no architect or engineer of record, the agency may submit a Building Owner Certification completed by the building owner, instead of the building plans and specifications. The certification form, which will be provided by the Energy Office, will attest that the building design complies and provide summary information about the design.
004.05 Alternate Compliance, Home Energy Rating To expedite review for subject detached one- and two-family residential buildings, the agency may submit a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Report completed by a Nebraska certified home energy rater, instead of the building plans and specifications. The report must indicate that the subject building complies with the IECC.
004.06 Review of Alternate Compliance The Energy Office may select subject buildings, for which alternate compliance was documented, for review. In such cases, the Energy Office will request documentation from the agency as described above. At the completion of its review, the Energy Office will provide written comments to the agency.
004.07 Construction Verification When the Energy Office has determined that a subject building complies, or has received documentation of alternate compliance, it will provide the agency a Verification of Construction form on which the agency will certify that the building is constructed substantially according to the plans. The Verification of Construction form will be signed by the agency and returned to the Energy Office within twenty days following substantial completion of construction. The Energy Office will maintain a file of these verifications.
004.08 Identical Buildings When multiple subject buildings are to be constructed from the same set of plans, the plans only need to be submitted for review once, or alternate compliance documents only need to be submitted once. The Energy Office's plan review or the alternate compliance documents will apply to all buildings constructed from the same set of plans. The agency will request additional Verification of Construction forms from the Energy Office on which to certify construction of identical buildings.
