18-554 C.M.R. ch. 60, § 11 - Standards
Summary: This section describes the requirements for compliance with 5 M.R.S.A. §1764-A and these Rules.
Designers must demonstrate compliance with these Rules by one of the means set out in Section 21 below.
For each applicable project, building owners subject to this rule shall:
The energy costs to be included in the life-cycle cost analysis shall include oil, gas, propane and electric.
The Department shall publish a schedule of energy price forecasts to be used in conjunction with this rule, and shall periodically publish energy price forecast updates when warranted.
The discount rate shall be the rate reflected in the most recent Delphis-Hanover Corporation municipal bond table.
The life cycle cost analysis shall include a comparison between the proposed building design and a building designed in accordance with Title 10, § 1415-D.
The proposed building design shall be deemed to comply with Sections 11.1.A and -.B, if the life cycle cost of the proposed building is lower than the life cycle cost of a building designed in accordance with Title 10, § 1415-D.
By January 31, 2005, The Bureau of General Services, in cooperation with the Public Utilities Commission and The Energy Resources Council, shall develop and make available one or more guidebooks, one of which shall be titled "State of Maine High Performance Buildings," describing methods for achieving compliance with this rule.
At its discretion, the Bureau of General Services, in consultation with the named agencies, may from time to time revise these guidebooks or approve additional guidebooks as acceptable methods of compliancy.
Designers shall have discretion to utilize sound engineering, architectural and design principles in achieving the energy efficiencies and in developing the life cycle analyses described in this rule, so long as they are able to demonstrate the project meets the requirements of this rule to the satisfaction of the Bureau of General Services.
Notes
September 18, 2004 - filing 2004-398
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 5 M.R.S.A. §1764-A
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