Ryan;
Check this link out, and let me know if the standards are similar:
Nonresidential Manual - 2001 Standards The
California Energy Commission Title 24 homepage can be used to do further searches.
Mentioned in the Standards Manuals, these implements have been taken into consideration by the remaining 49 States, as basis for constructing similar efficiency standards if and when a given State plans to move in this direction of Energy Conservation.
With that being said, the standards might very well mirror those in the IEEC.
For the compliance forms and project designs I deal with (Subchapter 4 - Lighting Systems and Equipment), all is done within AutoCAD with custom made templates and database listing OLE, so no helper application is needed.
Compliance forms are .DWG templates, which get attached to planset as an XREF. Stand-Alone 8½" x 11" hard copies are printed from the separate .DWG file, which get included with Planset when delivered to Building Department's Plancheck ("loose sheets" for filing).
As to the ACMs (Alternate Calculation Methods);
I have heard of "MECcheck" before, and may have seen it referenced on some plansets.
Some Approved Computer Modeling Applications are:
EZ Frame for Modeling of Framed Assemblies,
Visionsoft for MEP design compliance
ASHRAE Fundamentals Handbook is used as design standards in the Appendix for both the Residential and Non-Residential manuals.
Illuminance Categories are taken from the
Office Lighting American National Standard Practice ANSI/IES RP-1, 1993.
Gotta quit typing and watch TV! I have a bad case of rubberneck between TV and Monitor - resulting in this message (and many others tonight) taking 3 times longer to post!
Scott35
