Or. Admin. R. 330-130-0020 - Definitions
(1) "Agency" means
the authorized state agency, board, commission, department or division which
has the authority to enter contracts, finance the construction, purchase,
renovation, or leasing of buildings or other structures for use by the State of
Oregon.
(2) "Agency contact" means
a lead person appointed by the agency who is responsible to coordinate all
State Energy Efficient Design related business with the Oregon Department of
Energy, such as project notifications, interagency agreements, invoice and
payment, project coordination, guideline updates and advisory
recommendations.
(3) "Baseline
building" means the basic building conceived by the agency and the design team.
The baseline building incorporates the standard design features of typical
buildings of the same usage and meets the prescriptive or performance
requirements of the Oregon Energy Efficiency Specialty Code according to
criteria established in the State Energy Efficient Design Program
Guidelines.
(4) "Benefit-to-Cost
Ratio (BCR)" means the present value of Energy Conservation Measure benefits
divided by the present value of incremental Energy Conservation Measure costs.
(a) The Energy Conservation Measure benefit
is the difference between the present values of the operating cost of the
baseline building and the operating cost of the baseline building with the
Energy Conservation Measure added.
(b) The incremental Energy Conservation
Measure cost is the difference between the present values of the capital cost
of the baseline building and the capital cost of the baseline building with the
Energy Conservation Measure added.
(5) "Biennial report" means the report
summarizing the progress toward achieving the goals of ORS
276.900 through ORS
276.915.
(6) Building Class:
(a) "Class 1 Building" means all:
(A) New buildings, additions, or renovations
of 10,000 or more square feet of heated or cooled floor area; and
(B) Building additions that increase the size
of an existing building to 10,000 or more square feet of heated or cooled floor
area and renovations to buildings of 10,000 or more square feet of heated or
cooled floor area, which significantly affect:
(i) The existing mechanical or control
system; or
(ii) At least two of the
following energy systems: interior lighting, building envelope, domestic hot
water, or special equipment.
(iii)
Only those systems identified in (i) and (ii) that are significantly affected
are subject to procedures outlined in
330-130-0040.
(b) "Class 2 Building" means all new
buildings or renovations of less than 10,000 square feet of heated or cooled
floor area except for new buildings, structures, or facilities of any size
which have no energy using systems.
(7) "Building model" means a computer model,
which calculates annual building energy use. The Oregon Department of Energy
shall approve hourly building models, simplified hourly building models and the
approach to modeling Energy Conservation Measure energy savings above the
baseline building as established in the State Energy Efficient Design Program
Guidelines. The building model for all Class 1 Buildings must be an hourly
building model, except for certain Class 1 buildings as approved by the Oregon
Department of Energy where simplified hourly building modeling or prescriptive
packages established in the State Energy Efficient Design Program Guidelines
may be used.
(8) "Capital
construction cost" means the cost of current and future building investments
including construction, design, administration, major replacement, and salvage
values. Costs of compliance with these rules may also be included.
(9) "Commissioning agent" is an individual or
firm that has demonstrated experience commissioning Heating, Ventilating, and
Air Conditioning (HVAC) mechanical systems and HVAC control systems, commercial
and industrial mechanical technologies, lighting controls, and testing and
balancing of air and water systems.
(10) "Contracting agency" means the agency
entering into a contract for facility construction or renovation.
(11) "Department" means the Oregon Department
of Energy.
(12) "Design team" means
the architect(s), engineer(s), and other professionals who are responsible for
the design of the new building or renovation.
(13) "Director" means the director of the
department.
(14) "Energy Use Index
(EUI)" is a calculated index that describes a building's energy use in relation
to a metric, generally square feet, such as kBtu/ft2 -yr or kWh/ft2 -yr.
(15) "Energy analysis report"
means a report prepared by an energy analyst, under the direction of a
professional engineer or licensed architect, recommending an Optimum Energy
Conservation Measure Package for a Class 1 building. The report must include:
(a) Department State Energy Efficient Design
forms;
(b) A summary of
recommendations;
(c) A baseline
building description;
(d) Energy
Conservation Measure descriptions with analysis results;
(e) Energy Conservation Measure savings
calculations; and
(f) Energy
Conservation Measure cost estimates.
(16) "Energy analyst" means the individual
who prepares the building energy analysis and the energy analysis report under
the direction of a professional engineer or licensed architect who reports to
the project architect or agency.
(17) "Energy auditor" is an individual or
firm that has demonstrated experience performing comprehensive analysis of a
building's energy using systems, and performs benefit to cost analysis of
energy efficiency measures.
(18)
"Energy Conservation Measure (ECM)" means a measure designed to reduce energy
use, including alternative energy systems which replace conventional fuels with
renewable resources. ECMs must not conflict with applicable codes and other
professional standards.
(19) "ECM
Package" means two or more ECMs combined for analysis.
(20) "Energy Service Company (ESCO)" means a
company, firm or other legal person with the demonstrated technical,
operational, financial and managerial capabilities to design, install,
construct, commission, manage, measure and verify, and otherwise implement ECMs
and other work in building systems or building components that are directly
related to the ECMs in existing buildings and structures.
(21) "Energy Services Performance Contract
(ESPC)" means a public improvement contract between a contracting agency and a
qualified energy service company for the identification, evaluation,
recommendation, design, and construction of ECMs, including a Design Build
Contract, that guarantees the energy savings performance.
(22) "Energy systems performance verification
plan" means a plan that outlines how the building's energy systems are to be
tested during the construction phase and how the building's performance is to
be verified with long-term monitoring during occupancy.
(23) "Highly efficient facility" means a
facility that is designed, built and operated according to these State Energy
Efficient Design rules, that improves energy performance compared to the state
building code by 20 percent or more, that makes use of renewable energy
resources where practical, and that incorporates all cost-effective energy
efficiency measures.
(24) "High
performance target energy use" means a target energy use index for a building
or building type as determined by the department, such as the ASHRAE Standard
100 Building Activity Energy Target.
(25) "Measurement and verification (M&V)"
means, as used in ESPC Procurement, the examination of installed ECMs using the
International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol or process, to
monitor and verify the operation of energy using systems pre-installation and
post-installation.
(26) "Net
Present Value Savings (NPVS)" means the difference between the present values
of the capital and operating costs of the baseline building and the capital and
operating costs of the baseline building with the ECM added.
(27) "Operating cost" means the costs for
energy, fuel, annual and periodic maintenance, supplies, consumables, and other
operating items associated with ECMs, such as water and sewer, during the life
of the building.
(28) "Optimum ECM
Package" means the ECM package which incorporates all reasonable cost-effective
ECMs and which meets the following conditions:
(a) Each ECM included in the package has a
BCR greater than 1.0 when modeled independently.
(b) The ECM package has a BCR greater than
1.0.
(c) The ECM Package has the
highest NPVS of the analyzed ECM packages.
(29) "Present value" means the value of a
financial cost or benefit, discounted to current dollars using discounting
factors and methods approved by the department.
(30) "Renewable energy resource" includes,
but is not limited to, on-site generation of energy for use in the building
from the following sources:
(a) Straw, forest
slash, wood waste or other wastes from farm or forest land, nonpetroleum plant
or animal based biomass, ocean wave energy, solar energy, wind power, water
power or geothermal energy; or
(b)
A hydroelectric generating facility that obtains all applicable permits and
complies with all state and federal statutory requirements for the protection
of fish and wildlife and:
(A) That does not
exceed 10 megawatts of installed capacity; or
(B) Qualifies as a research, development or
demonstration facility.
(c) The purchase of renewable energy
certificates does not qualify as a renewable energy resource.
(31) "Renovation" means an
addition to, alteration of, or repair of a facility that adds to or alters the
facility's energy systems, provided that the affected energy systems accounts
for 50 percent or more of the facility's total energy use.
(32) "SEED" means State Energy Efficient
Design Program as defined in ORS
276.900 through ORS
276.915 under the heading State
Agency Facility Energy Design.
(33)
"SEED Program Guidelines" are guidelines developed by the department with
assistance from an advisory committee that consists of representatives from
interested agencies, design professionals, consulting engineers and
utilities.
(34) "Simple payback"
means the estimated ECM cost divided by the estimated first year ECM energy,
operating, and maintenance savings.
Notes
Publications referenced are available from the agency.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 276.900 - 276.915
Stats. Implemented: ORS 469
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