Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 330 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY › Division 125 - RESIDENTIAL STANDARDS DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SELECTION RULES › Section 330-125-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) "Appendix J" --
1983 Northwest Conservation and Electric Power Plan,
Volume 2,
			 Appendix J (with errata), adopted pursuant to the Pacific Northwest Electric
			 Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 ( Public Law 96-501), April 27,
			 1983, by the Northwest Power Planning Council (NPPC).
(2) "Applicant" -- A person or business
			 applying to the Oregon Department of Energy for an incentive to build a new
			 electrically-heated residence that meets model conservation
			 standards.
(3) "Control House" -- A
			 single-family residence of similar size, construction type, style, and
			 materials as a model code standards residence and which is built to the 1979
			 Oregon Structural Specialty Code as amended. The control house must be near the
			 model code standards house. The occupants of the control house must agree to
			 participate in Department or BPA monitoring.
(4) "Cost-Accounting Data" -- Cost-related
			 information gathered according to a process provided by Area 15 National
			 Association of Home Builders. The purpose is to compare the costs of building a
			 residence to the model conservation standards with the costs of building a
			 similar residence to the Oregon Structural Specialty Code.
(5) "Department" -- Oregon Department of
			 Energy.
(6) "Floor Area, Gross" --
			 Gross floor area is the floor area within the perimeter of the outside walls of
			 the building for all heated spaces, without deduction for hallways, stairs,
			 closets, thickness of walls, columns, or other features.
(7) "Heated Spaces" -- A space within a
			 building which is provided with a positive heat supply to maintain air
			 temperature at 50°F. or higher. The presence of finished living space
			 within a basement, or registers or heating devices designed to supply heat to a
			 basement space shall automatically meet the definition of heated
			 space.
(8) "Incentive" -- A cash
			 award to a person or business for building a residence to model conservation
			 standards. The incentive may include more than one payment. The amount of the
			 incentive will be set in the agreement between the Department and
			 BPA.
(9) "Matched-Pair Control
			 House" -- A single-family residence essentially the same in design to a
			 residence for which an incentive is granted, but in which the energy efficiency
			 measures meet only the current Oregon Structural Specialty Code. If the
			 residence is a passive solar or sun-tempered design, it must have equivalent
			 solar orientation and solar exposure as its matched residence. The matched-pair
			 control house must be built by the builder of the model conservation standard
			 residence, and must be near the model conservation standards residence. The
			 gross floor area of each matched-pair house must be between 1,200 and 1,800
			 square feet. Occupants of the matched-pair control house must agree to allow
			 the residence to be monitored by the Department or BPA.
(10) "Model Conservation Standards" --
			 Standards for building energy-efficient, electrically-heated residences
			 established in Appendix J of the
1983 Northwest Conservation and Electric
			 Power Plan
or provided by the Department.
(11) "Multi-Family Residence" -- Any building
			 which is designed, built, rented, leased, let, or hired out to be occupied, or
			 which is occupied as the home or residence of three or more families living
			 independently of each and doing their own cooking in the said building, and
			 shall include flats and apartments. The building shall be only for residential
			 uses and shall be three stories or less.
(12) "Oregon Structural Specialty Code" --
			 State of Oregon Structural Specialty Code and Fire and Life Safety
			 Regulations.
(13) "Residential
			 Standards Demonstration (RSD) Program" -- A program administered by the Oregon
			 Department of Energy by agreement with BPA. The RSD Program provides incentives
			 to build up to 200 electrically-heated, single-family residences and 20
			 electrically-heated multi-family buildings in Oregon to model conservation
			 standards.
(14) "Single-Family
			 Residence" -- A structure that has one or two residential units and is only for
			 residential use.
Publications: The publication(s) referred to or incorporated
				  by reference in this rule are available from the
				  agency.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 469
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  469