Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY › Title 103 - NEBRASKA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE › Chapter 1 - Construction of State-Funded Buildings › Section 103-1-004 - Compliance Procedures

Current through June 17, 2024
004.01
Technical Assistance
The
  Energy Office will provide agencies with copies of the IECC and related
  educational materials at agency request. Energy Office personnel will be
  available to answer questions relating to the IECC and these rules, and to meet
  with agency personnel to provide informal comments on plans that will be
  submitted for review.
004.02
Determination of Compliance, Plan Review
The Energy Office will
  prepare a list of documents that must be provided for proper plan review. When
  an agency has designed a subject building, it will request a plan review and
  submit those documents to the Energy Office. The Energy Office will review the
  plans within twenty days following receipt of all required documents and
  resolution of all waiver requests. Modification of the plans may delay
  completion of review up to twenty days following the date of the latest
  modification. The Energy Office will notify the agency of the plan's compliance
  or non-compliance, and may also identify design elements that prevent
  compliance or suggest revisions to permit compliance. In some cases, the Energy
  Office may provide an inspection checklist for use in construction
  verification.
004.03
Alternate Compliance, Designer Certification
To expedite review
  when a subject building has been designed by a licensed architect and/or
  professional engineer(s), the agency may submit a Designer Certification,
  signed and sealed by all designers, instead of the building plans and
  specifications. The certification form, which will be provided by the Energy
  Office, will attest that the building design complies and provide summary
  information about the design.
004.04
Alternate Compliance, Building
  Owner Certification
To expedite review for subject detached one- and
  two-family residential buildings with no architect or engineer of record, the
  agency may submit a Building Owner Certification completed by the building
  owner, instead of the building plans and specifications. The certification
  form, which will be provided by the Energy Office, will attest that the
  building design complies and provide summary information about the
  design.
004.05
Alternate
  Compliance, Home Energy Rating
To expedite review for subject detached
  one- and two-family residential buildings, the agency may submit a Home Energy
  Rating System (HERS) Report completed by a Nebraska certified home energy
  rater, instead of the building plans and specifications. The report must
  indicate that the subject building complies with the IECC.
004.06
Review of Alternate
  Compliance
The Energy Office may select subject buildings, for which
  alternate compliance was documented, for review. In such cases, the Energy
  Office will request documentation from the agency as described above. At the
  completion of its review, the Energy Office will provide written comments to
  the agency.
004.07
Construction Verification
When the Energy Office has determined
  that a subject building complies, or has received documentation of alternate
  compliance, it will provide the agency a Verification of Construction form on
  which the agency will certify that the building is constructed substantially
  according to the plans. The Verification of Construction form will be signed by
  the agency and returned to the Energy Office within twenty days following
  substantial completion of construction. The Energy Office will maintain a file
  of these verifications.
004.08
Identical Buildings
When multiple subject buildings are to be
  constructed from the same set of plans, the plans only need to be submitted for
  review once, or alternate compliance documents only need to be submitted once.
  The Energy Office's plan review or the alternate compliance documents will
  apply to all buildings constructed from the same set of plans. The agency will
  request additional Verification of Construction forms from the Energy Office on
  which to certify construction of identical buildings.