Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Age of audit and technical feasibility
studies. An energy audit or technical feasibility study must have been
performed or updated within one year of the date of submission of a program
application to the Energy Office. Updates need address only energy conservation
improvements for which a interest subsidy is being requested. Updates must
include a recalculation of the paybacks of the original energy audit's or
technical feasibility study's proposed energy conservation improvements, based
on current fuel costs.
(b)
Acceptable energy audits. Energy audits which will be accepted by the Energy
Office include Energy Office-sponsored audits, apartment building conservation
service audits, other government-sponsored and utility company energy audits as
approved by the Energy Office, and private audits stamped with the seal and
signature of a registered architect or professional engineer.
(c) Acceptable technical feasibility studies.
Technical feasibility studies must be prepared under the supervision of and
stamped with the seal and signature of a registered architect or professional
engineer in order to be accepted by the Energy Office.
(d) Information on energy conservation
improvements. An energy audit or technical feasibility study must contain the
following information regarding each energy conservation improvement for which
an interest subsidy is being requested:
(1) a
detailed description of the improvement to be implemented, including any
necessary sketches or diagrams;
(2)
all calculations, including units of measurement and formulae, of annual fuel
use, and annual Btu and energy cost savings, with all assumptions and
parameters clearly presented. The annual Btu and energy cost savings shall be
based on actual building consumption records for the building for the prior 12-
month period, if the building was occupied during such period, and shall not
include savings from taxes, dollar savings due to switching to lower cost
fuels, and other savings which may be deemed inappropriate by the Energy
Office. All formulae and calculations shall be based on generally accepted
engineering standards and practices, and shall be reviewed for completeness and
reasonableness by the Energy Office; and
(3) the results of a combustion efficiency
test, if furnace or boiler modifications or replacements are being
implemented.
(e)
Conflict of interest prohibited.
(1) A person
performing an energy audit or technical feasibility study, or a person acting
as an agent on behalf of an applicant, is permitted to provide construction
management services to an approved applicant. However, except as noted in
paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subdivision, such person may not participate
directly or indirectly in the sale or installation of an energy conservation
improvement to be implemented by the applicant with the proceeds of a program
loan.
(2) For energy conservation
improvements, such as cogeneration projects, which are determined by the Energy
Office to require a vendor's special expertise, a person performing an energy
audit or technical feasibility study may be involved in the sale or
installation of an energy conservation improvement being implemented by the
applicant with the proceeds of a program loan.
(3) For energy conservation improvement
projects which receive financial assistance through the Federal Weatherization
Assistance for Low-Income Persons Program, a subgrantee performing an energy
audit or technical feasibility study may be involved in the installation of the
energy conservation improvement project being implemented with the proceeds of
a program loan.
