Z5. ENERGY REPORTING

APPENDIX Z NET-ZERO ENERGY COMPLIANCE PATH Z5 ENERGY REPORTING. Owners of buildings that used Appendix Z as a path for code compliance shall comply with this Section. Z5.1. Post Occupancy Measurement and Reporting. Z5.1.1. Owners of buildings that use Appendix Z as a path for code compliance shall annually benchmark and report their energy and water performance using the Energy Star® Portfolio Manager tool, including renewable energy generation and green power usage, pursuant to rules in 20 DCMR 3513, regardless of square footage. Z5.1.2. Energy Star Portfolio Manager account. The owner of a building that used Appendix Z as a path for compliance with the Energy Conservation Code-Commercial Provisions shall create an Energy Star® Portfolio Manager account and property record on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s benchmarking website, and share the property with the District of Columbia’s Department of Energy and Environment. The code official is authorized to require proof of compliance with this Section Z5.3.1 and proof that all utilities have been linked to the account. Z5.2. Performance Verification. Within 24 months of occupancy, the owner or owner’s representative shall submit documentation to the code official demonstrating 12 continuous months of operation with no less than 90% occupancy where the energy consumed by the building and building site as measured in accordance with Section Z4 are equal to or less than the renewable energy associated with the building and building site in accordance with Section Z3. Documentation shall be in a form acceptable to the code official. Z5.2.1. Normalization for abnormal conditions. At the discretion of the code official, the owner or owner’s representative may submit documentation demonstrating that abnormal weather or occupancy conditions during the compliance period are responsible for the variance between the energy consumed by the energy and energy site and the renewable energy associated with the building and building site and that the building would comply with Z5.2 under normal conditions. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 6326 (May 29, 2020 – Part 2). The District of Columbia Energy Conservation Code (2017), referred to as the “Energy Conservation Code,” consists of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES 90.1-2013, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings (ASHRAE 90.1) and substantial portions of Chapter 7 of ANSI/ASHREA/IES 189.1-2014, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings (ASHRAE 189.1), published by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), and the Residential Provisions of the 2015 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code (International Energy Conservation Code), published by the International Code Council (ICC), as amended by the Energy Conservation Code Supplement of 2017 – Commercial Provisions (12-I[CE] DCMR) and the Energy Conservation Code Supplement of 2017 – Residential Provisions (12-I[RE] DCMR). The International Energy Conservation Code is copyrighted by the ICC and therefore is not republished here. However, a copy of the text may be obtained at: https://codes.iccsafe.org/public/document/IECC2015. ASHRAE 90.1 is copyrighted by ASHRAE and therefore is not republished here. However, the text of ASHRAE 90.1 may be reviewed at: https://www.ashrae.org/standards-research--technology. Portions of Chapter 7 of ASHRAE 189.1 are reprinted in the District of Columbia Energy Conservation Code Supplement by permission of ASHRAE and ICC. District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Energy Conservation Code Supplement of 2017 – Commercial Provisions 12-I[CE] DCMR Appendix Z5