FLORIDA SOLAR ENERGY

CENTERCreating Energy Independence Since 1975

P. Fairey

BERS Program Administration

BERS Program Administration

Training Compliance Rating Software Rating Registry Changing Federal Programs

Training

Residential Rater training At least 4 per year, more if demand requires Administer Florida & RESNET core test

Software training – at least 4 per year Commercial Rater training

At least 2 per year, more if demand requires Administer Florida tests

Recertification – at least 1 class per month for 12 months around code change

FSEC Training Center

Training & Exam Modules

18 instruction modules Serve up to 36

students/class Envelope leakage

using blower doors Air distribution system

leakage using duct tester

Combustion Appliance Zone (CAZ) training

Individual practicum exams

CAZ Training

CAZ pressure mapping

Hot water heater flue draft testing

Flame roll-out Furnace inspection

procedures Furnace flue draft

testing Upcoming RESNET

requirements

DCA Administration

Document and report test scores to DCA Assign unique Rater certification numbers Print and distribute DCA Rater certifications Report test scores to students Maintain database of certified raters (daily

updates) Maintain database of registered Ratings

(continuous) Print and mail BERS brochure (continuous) Provide Rater technical support (daily) Provide Code technical support (daily) Respond to e-mail and phone queries (daily) Participate in national conferences

RESNET Requirements

Maintain RESNET Accreditations Rating Provider Training Provider Software Provider

Create & provide RESNET-approved Professional Development courses (new requirement)

Maintain RESNET Trainer certifications Maintain RESNET QA Designee certifications Perform RESNET QA activities

Review of 100% of building files for each Rater Field review of 1% of Rated homes for each

Rater

Other RESNET Activities

Participate in RESNET Conferences Serve on RESNET Committees

Standing Standards Committee (Chair) Standing Technical Committee Standing Training & Education Committee Standing COMNET Committee

Serve on RESNET Board of Directors President of Board (P. Fairey) – two terms

2004-2006 2008-2010

Software Accreditations

Residential Software Florida Energy Code IRS New Home Tax Credit RESNET HERS Ratings IECC 2006

Commercial Software Florida Energy Code IRS Tax Deduction accredited ASHRAE Standard 140 compliant USGBC – LEED NC 2009 compliant ASHRAE 90.1 Appendix G compliant

Software Validation

Residential Verification Requirements HERS BESTEST Loads suite Reference Home auto-generation test RESNET HVAC test suite RESNET DSE test suite RESNET Hot Water test suite

Commercial Verification Requirements ASHRAE Standard 140 (Section 5) test

suite

Building Load Tests

Load Difference Tests

DSE Tests

Hot Water Tests

Software Upgrades

EnergyGauge Summit: Enthalpy Recovery Ventilation Systems in

testing Frequently requested feature Will be in 2010 Code if allowed by Building

Commission

Software Upgrades

Next Generation Software (2013 Code and Beyond) Work from anywhere: over the internet or

on local machine Easier file transfer: import and export

GBXML format for interoperability with other software

Model more choices: simulate using DOE2 or EnergyPlus

Learn once: same platform for residential and commercial

Software Upgrades

2010 Code multi-zone, multi-fuel residential model Coding largely complete Undergoing in-house alpha testing

Energy Star 2011 v.3 module Added Reference Home and many new

reports Software coding in progress

Software Upgrade

Cost Optimization module Working internal version Ranking of Energy Conservation

Measures (ECMs) Incremental cost optimization Excellent for existing home retrofit apps User interface still to be developed

Analysis Methods

EnergyGauge simulations used to project energy use and costs (based on utility inputs)

EnergyGauge results used to calculate 30-year energy cost savings cash flow stream (benefits)

Individual Energy Conservation Measure (ECM) costs used to calculate 30-year investment cost cash flow stream (mortgage costs)

PVBC from above calculation used to rank order ECMs from largest to smallest

The Analysis Process

All defined ECMs rank ordered by PVBC ratio through one-by-one incorporation into the original home (the baseline)

Single ECM with largest PVBC incorporated into the original home, creating a revised baseline.

Revised baseline used as basis for individual ECM ranking using remaining ECMs

Next remaining ECM with largest PVBC incorporated into revised baseline

Ad infinitum until ECM list exhausted or analysis limits reached.

Annual Total (Full Cost)

1st Year (Full Cost)

Rating Registration Update

Improvements in Process for Registration End Goal –faster processing of ratings

while maintaining quality control Better flagging of issues of incoming files Full pdf reports stored in registry for

archive retrieval by rater Automatic monthly billing, on-line

payment and account viewing for rater

Expenditures & Revenues

July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010

Cost Center Expenditures Revenues Net

Rater Training $271,289 $230,075 ($41,214)

Software $365,160 $404,746 $39,586

Registry $65,834 $42,108 ($23,726)

Totals $702,283 $676,928 ($25,354)

FLORIDA SOLAR ENERGY

CENTERCreating Energy Independence Since 1975

P. Fairey

Federal and Other Programs

EPA Energy Star Program

Requires HERS ratings Current program (version 2) :

HERS Index of 77 or lower Thermal bypass checklist (by Rater)

2011 program (version 3): New e-Star Reference Home standard Target HERS Index computed based on home

size HERS Index of 65-72 (or less) will be required Requires 3 new checklists

HVAC System Quality Installation Contractor list

HVAC System Quality Installation Rater list Water Management System Builder list

DOE Builders Challenge

Requires HERS Ratings Requires HERS Index of 70 or less Requires that specific quality measures

be considered and verified by Rater Program requirements may be tightened

in the future Lower qualifying HERS Index Closer alignment with EPA Energy Star

program (version 4 ~2014).

Federal Tax Incentives

Residential New Home Tax Credit Requires 50% savings on heating and cooling Expired but likely to return (has strong

bipartisan support) Requires accredited software (EnergyGauge

is accredited) Requires verification by Rater or equivalent

(there is currently no equivalent) Commercial New Building Tax Deduction

Requires 50% savings on heating, cooling, ventilation, hot water and interior lighting

Requires software accreditation by IRS (EnergyGauge is accredited)

Federal Energy Labeling

U.S. DOE considering national home energy labeling program

Exact nature and details still unknown Leaning toward absolute energy label

(source energy MBtu) Partitioned onto a 10 point scale based on

climate and RECS data Likely generated by Federal Home Energy

Survey (HES) software (LBNL) Possible replacement for current

weatherization audit software (NEAT) May pertain only to existing homes Unlikely to replace HERS Index

ASHRAE

Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP) Certification for commercial building

modelers Likely to be adopted as basic requirement

for certification by others (e.g. COMNET) Building Energy Quotient

Program (EQ) Metric for as designed energy

use Metric for actual energy use Pilot stage only

USGBC LEED Programs

LEED- H program (new homes) Uses HERS rating systems (EnergyGauge

USA) to determine energy efficiency points LEED – NC program (new commercial bldg)

May use EnergyGauge Summit Premier to determine energy efficiency points, automatically generate reference design and generate data for required LEED reports

COMNET

New commercial building initiative of RESNET

Manual on Commercial Building Energy Modeling Guidelines and Procedures completed http://www.comnet.org/

Embarking on standards development Software verification and accreditation Modeler, rater/verifier certification

BERS Program Administration

Training Compliance Rating Software Rating Registry Changing Federal Programs

Thank you.