California Code of Regulations › Title 20 - Public Utilities and Energy › Division 2 - State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission › Chapter 4 - Energy Conservation › Article 8 - California Home Energy Rating System Program › Section 1671 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Upon the effective date of section
					 10-103.3 in Part 1 of Title 24 of
					 the California Code of Regulations, the following amended version of this
					 section will become effective, replacing the version above.
For the purposes of these regulations, the following
					 definitions shall apply:
Building Performance Contractor means a contractor who is
					 certified by a Provider to evaluate the comfort and safety aspects of a home in
					 conjunction with its energy features and its energy consumption in a holistic
					 manner to determine recommendations for the best overall performance of a home
					 for the occupant or owner, and is licensed by the California Contractors State
					 License Board as a current and active Class B general building contractor.
					 Either the qualifying individual for the Class B license or the employee who is
					 directly responsible to the qualifying individual for the Class B license for
					 rating services, audit services, and related construction work is certified as
					 a California Whole-House Home Energy Rater by an Energy Commission-approved
					 Building Performance Contractor program as specified in Section
					 1674(e).
California Home Energy Analyst means a person who works
					 under the direct supervision of a California Whole-House Home Energy Rater and
					 has been trained, tested, and certified by a Provider in accordance with the
					 requirements of Section
					 1673(a) to
					 perform analysis for a Whole-House Home Energy Rating using an Energy
					 Commission-approved HERS rating software program.
California Home Energy Audit means a process to determine
					 the energy savings and cost-effectiveness of specific measures together with an
					 evaluation of the energy uses listed in Section
					 1672(d) and a
					 report to present the information used to evaluate the measures and make
					 recommendations for the inclusion of such measures into the home. An audit need
					 not include a Whole-House Home Energy Rating score.
California Home Energy Auditor means a person who has been
					 trained, tested, and certified by a Provider as a California Whole-House Home
					 Energy Rater to provide the information for a California Home Energy
					 Audit.
California Home Energy Inspector means a home inspector who
					 has also been trained, tested, and certified by a Provider and who works under
					 the direct supervision of a California Whole-House Home Energy Rater to gather
					 the data specified in the HERS Technical Manual to enable the development of a
					 California Whole-House Home Energy Rating.
California Whole-House Home Energy Rater means a person who
					 has been trained, tested, and certified by a Provider to properly gather
					 information on the energy consuming features of a home, perform diagnostic
					 testing at the home, evaluate the validity of that information, simulate and
					 perform analysis for a California Whole-House Home Energy Rating or a
					 California Home Energy Audit using an Energy Commission-approved HERS rating
					 software program to estimate the energy consumption of a home using the
					 information gathered on site, and complete all of the cost-effectiveness
					 evaluations described in the HERS Technical Manual.
California Whole-House Home Energy Rating means a process
					 to determine a California Whole-House Home Energy Rating score representing the
					 relative energy efficiency of a newly constructed or existing residential
					 building as compared to the Reference Home.
Certified, as to a Provider and Rating System, means having
					 successfully completed the certification requirements as specified by Section
					 1674.
Energy Commission means the State of California Energy
					 Resources Conservation and Development Commission, commonly known as the
					 California Energy Commission.
Energy-Rated Home means a newly constructed or existing
					 residential building that has an energy rating pursuant to these
					 regulations.
Executive Director means the Executive Director of the
					 Energy Commission.
Financial Interest means an ownership interest, debt
					 agreement, or employer/employee relationship. Financial interest does not
					 include ownership of less than five percent of the outstanding equity
					 securities of a publicly traded corporation.
HERS Technical Manual or HTM means the HERS Technical
					 Manual, Energy Commission Publication CEC-400-2008-012 (May 2009), and is
					 incorporated by reference.
Independent Entity means having no financial interest in,
					 and not advocating or recommending the use of any product or service as a means
					 of gaining increased business with, firms or persons specified in Section
					 1673(i).
Note: The definitions of "independent entity" and
					 "financial interest," together with Section
					 1673(i) prohibit
					 conflicts of interest between Providers and Raters, or between Providers/Raters
					 and builders/subcontractors.
Net Zero Energy Home means a home that has a net annual
					 Time Dependent Valued (TDV) Energy consumption of zero, accounting for both
					 energy consumption and the use of on-site renewable energy production.
Provider means an organization that administers a home
					 energy rating system in compliance with these regulations (referred to as a
					 "home energy rating service organization" in Section
					 25942
					 of the Public Resources Code).
Rater means a person who has been trained, tested, and
					 certified by a Provider to perform one or more of the functions or procedures
					 used to develop a California Whole-House Home Energy Rating or a California
					 Home Energy Audit, and who is listed on a Provider's registry in compliance
					 with Section
					 1673(d).
Rating means a California Whole-House Home Energy Rating or
					 a California Home Energy Audit, as specified by these regulations.
Rating System means the materials, analytical tools,
					 diagnostic tools and procedures to produce home energy ratings, and provide
					 home energy rating (referred to as "home energy rating services" in Section
					 25942
					 of the Public Resources Code).
Reference Home means a low-rise residential building
					 similar to the rated house, but for which the energy performance
					 characteristics of each component exactly meet the reference house
					 specifications defined in the HERS Technical Manual.
Time Dependent Valued (TDV) Energy means the time varying
					 energy used by the building to determine the home energy rating pursuant to
					 these regulations. TDV Energy accounts for the energy used at the building site
					 and consumed in producing and delivering energy to a site, including, but not
					 limited to, power generation, and transmission and distribution losses.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						25213
						and
						25942,
						Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						25942,
						Public Resources Code.