Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › 38k - Establishment of High Performance Building Construction Standards for State-Funded Buildings › Section 16a-38k-8 - Reporting requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) For projects as
			 defined in sections
			 16a-38k-2(a)
			 and
			 16a-38k-2(b)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) Upon successful awarding of the design
			 contract, the design team shall provide a letter to both the commissioner and
			 the secretary listing the project timeline and members of the design team and
			 indicating understanding of the requirements of sections
			 16a-38k-1 through
			 16a-38k-9 of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(2) Upon design development completion, a
			 report shall be submitted to the Secretary and the Commissioner by the project
			 manager facilitator on behalf of and signed off by the agency/municipality that
			 will be responsible for the ongoing care, operation, and maintenance of the
			 building. This submittal shall include details of how the agency is complying
			 with the mandatory measures under section
			 16a-38k-3
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. Documentation shall also
			 include which of the twenty-six measures of the sixty measure strategies are
			 planned for implementation; or if the project is utilizing the alternative
			 strategy outlined in section
			 16a-38k-7(a)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the project
			 manager-facilitator shall document how the design team intends to meet the
			 alternative paths to compliance.
(3) At the end of the construction document
			 phase, a report shall be prepared by the design team to include energy modeling
			 for the current Connecticut State Building Code requirements versus the
			 proposed building project and cost differentials and operational savings for
			 the project. The report is to be provided to the project manager-facilitator
			 for submittal to the secretary and the commissioner.
(4) If, at any time during the construction
			 process, substitutions for the any of the twenty-six stated measure strategies
			 are made, the commissioner and the secretary shall be notified by the project
			 manager-facilitator in writing of the changes. These substitutions must be in
			 conformance with the general requirements of the project manual. Such changes
			 shall be agreed to by the secretary and the commissioner. A pre-occupancy
			 commissioning report shall be prepared by the commissioning agent that
			 demonstrates that the project has met all of the requirements spelled out in
			 sections
			 16a-38k-3
			 and
			 16a-38k-4
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; or alternatively, in sections
			 16a-38k-3
			 and
			 16a-38k-7
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The report is to include all
			 design elements of the project that address each completed strategy in sections
			 16a-38k-3
			 and
			 16a-38k-4
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; or alternatively, in sections
			 16a-38k-3
			 and
			 16a-38k-7
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The report shall be submitted
			 to the commissioner and to the secretary with the seal of the professional
			 engineer and signed off by the project manager-facilitator indicating that
			 "this report certifies that the material contained herein is true and
			 correct."
(5) A post-occupancy
			 commissioning report shall be prepared by the commissioning agent and submitted
			 by the agency that is responsible for the ongoing care, operation, and
			 maintenance of the building to the secretary and the commissioner within one
			 hundred eighty days after one year of occupancy. The report shall include
			 results of any post-occupancy survey of building occupants, a description of
			 any adjustments made to equipment or building operation and the reasons for
			 which the changes were made, and one year of all energy usage by source and
			 water usage.