Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 43 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Part I - Office of the Secretary › Subpart 1 - General › Chapter 19 - Louisiana Home Energy Rating › Subchapter B - Energy Rater Training and Certification › Section I-1921 - Certification of Home Energy Raters

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Definitions. For the purpose of this
					 Section, the following words, unless the context does not permit such meaning,
					 shall have the meanings indicated.
Department
-the Louisiana Department of
						Natural Resources.
Energy Rating
-a site inventory and
						descriptive record of features impacting the energy use of the building. This
						includes, but is not limited to: all building component descriptions
						(locations, areas, orientations, construction attributes and energy transfer
						characteristics); all energy using equipment and appliance descriptions (use,
						make, model, capacity, efficiency and fuel type), all energy features and
						results of tests and computations.
Existing Residential Building
-a
						completed residential occupancy building, including residential occupancy
						dwellings in mixed occupancy buildings for which a certificate of occupancy, or
						equivalent approval for occupancy, has been issued.
New Residential Building
-newly
						constructed residential occupancy buildings, including new residential
						occupancy dwellings of single or multifamily occupancy, permitted for
						construction after the effective date of this rule.
B. General Provisions
1. Rules provided herein shall apply to new
					 and existing residential buildings including single-family and multifamily,
					 site built residential buildings except those specifically exempted
					 herein.
2. The energy rating for
					 new and existing residential buildings shall be determined using only software
					 approved by the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources for the southern
					 climate. If a rating is performed on a proposed residential building, the
					 rating shall be clearly labeled as a "rating based on plans".
3. Beginning with the implementation date of
					 this rule, no person may provide a rating for residential buildings in
					 Louisiana unless such a person has been certified as provided by this rule. To
					 perform a rating for any residential building as required by this rule, the
					 person performing the rating must be certified by the Louisiana Department of
					 Natural Resources, or its designee.
4. Certification will be valid for one year
					 following the date of issuance. No rating activity shall be conducted after the
					 expiration of the term of certification. A duplicate certificate may be
					 obtained by written request to the department.
5. An application for annual certification
					 renewal shall be submitted on Form #ERHL-704, herein incorporated by reference,
					 with a renewal fee of up to the maximum allowable by the state. In addition to
					 the annual renewal fee, a certified home energy rater must, over a three-year
					 period, have completed 12 credit hours of continuing education in courses
					 accepted by the department for certification renewal. Acceptable courses shall,
					 in general, be those dealing with energy use in buildings, building science, or
					 building systems (including heating, ventilation and air conditioning),
					 building design or construction, codes or plan review, financing or selling
					 residential buildings, and courses on energy rating systems).