Standards

Commercial Energy Services Network (COMNET)

This project managed by NBI is designed to create a technical protocol for proving compliance with the EPACT 2005 commercial building energy tax deductions and with green building rating systems such as LEED.  A set of Rules and Procedures has been developed for integration into existing building energy modeling software to enable the compliance assessment of the building design.  The software rules include inputs for non-regulated loads. In addition, the project team is working with the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) to develop an institutional framework to provide quality control for the modeling and potentially for field assessment of compliance. 
COMNET Description