Prioritizing ECCCNYS Enforcement for Commercial Buildings – Part 2

Part 2: Mechanical & Lighting

In a robust study of commercial buildings, 21% of the energy code provisions investigated were responsible for 81% of the potential savings. This created a framework for prioritizing energy code enforcement efforts based on the time it takes to verify a code provision versus the energy savings potential. With code enforcement officials being strapped for time and having other life-health safety priorities, this course, Part 2 of a two-part series, covering high-impact commercial mechanical and lighting requirements, will help them prioritize efforts, improve compliance, and maximize the realization of savings inherent in the energy code.

Learning objectives:

1- Identify the energy code requirements with the greatest energy impacts and prioritize energy code documentation

2- Describe a process for creating and reviewing plans that includes documenting and assessing the highest impact energy code provisions

3- Understand how to integrate provided construction details verification forms and checklists into normal compliance documentation or enforcement processes

4- Identify permit application specifications that enable a simplified plan review process as well as a process for providing or collecting verification forms