Or. Admin. R. 330-130-0100 - Pre-qualification for persons performing Energy Commissioning, Auditing, and Performance Verification Services
(1) The department shall establish criteria
to pre-qualify persons or firms to execute the provisions of this bill.
Agencies may select persons or firms that have been pre-qualified by the
department to perform auditing, commissioning, and performance verification
services for energy systems.
(2)
Energy Auditor:
(a) The department shall
maintain a list of pre-qualified energy auditing firms. This list must be
established through an open RFP process using a qualification-based scoring
criteria to determine a person's or firm's ability to perform energy audits in
existing buildings.
(b) A
qualifying firm must demonstrate expertise in the following areas:
(A) Commercial and industrial technology;
(B) Energy auditing equipment,
heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems;
(C) Lighting design;
(D) Energy efficiency technology; and:
(E) Preventative maintenance
procedures.
(c) Agencies
may use the department's list of pre-qualified energy auditors for the
selection of a person or firm to perform energy conservation measure analysis
of existing buildings.
(3) Commissioning Agent
(a) The department maintains a list of
pre-qualified commissioning firms. This list will be established through an
open RFP process that uses a qualifications-based scoring criteria to determine
a person's or firm's ability to perform commissioning of energy using systems
in new and existing buildings.
(b)
At least one individual employed by the firm must be a member of a building
commissioning professional association such as Building Commissioning
Association (BCA), National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB), or
Associated Air Balance Council (AABC).
(c) Agencies may use the department's list of
pre-qualified commissioning agents for the selection of a person or firm to
perform commissioning services for energy efficiency projects in new and
existing buildings.
(4)
Measurement and verification.
(a) Agencies
may select from the list of pre-qualified ESCOs described in OAR
330-130-0090(2)(b) or the list of commissioning agents described in OAR
330-130-0100(3) for the measurement and verification of implemented energy
efficiency measures.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: Ch. 26, OL 2008 HB 3612
Stats. Implemented: ORS 276.900 - 276.915
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