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EBOM-2009 EAc6:Emissions Reduction Reporting

PE Stamp on SEP

EAc1 and EAp2 don't require a PE seal. Is it really required on the SEP submittal for this credit? The guidebook says the SEP "requires confirmation by a validated professional engineer." This seems like an odd requirement for this credit, but not the other two. - Thanks

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David Hubka
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Transwestern Sustainability Services
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Tue, 05/03/2011 - 19:57

A PE stamp is only required to show credit compliance if EPA's Portfolio Manager is used. Yes, this is an odd requirement since a PE is not required to verify the information used to document EAc1 and EAp2. Anyone else have thoughts to why the reference guide was written as such?

Fri, 05/27/2011 - 13:26

Hmm. I just checked out the Reference Guide, and that statement regarding the PE stamp only shows up in the "Examples" section, as far as I can tell...So my guess is that the example was just trying to give some flavor for how Energy Star works, and the statement doesn't really stand as a requirement for compliance (the example section is kind of soft content in the Reference Guide, not the place for laying down the law). I've never seen a reviewer reject an SEP submitted for EAc6 due to a lack of a stamp.
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David Hubka
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Transwestern Sustainability Services
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Fri, 05/27/2011 - 13:44

Just this week one of my projects received the Project Review Report; for the Emissions Reductions Credit they did not flag us for not having a PE verify the CO2 emission calculations. (we used the EPA Portfolio Manager program) On page #227 of the reference guide, under the"Timeline" heading it states that "a team that uses EPA's Portfolio Manager program to calculate the CO2 emissions must have a professional engineer verify the calculations". Apparently they don't enforce this. . . well, at least not on this project.
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David Feregrino
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KAESER Compresores de México
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Thu, 06/16/2011 - 17:10

Hi, For this credit the Professional engineer needs to be a professional in United States? I’m an environmental Engineer in Mexico, but I can't add mi professional license on EPA's portfolio manager program, because it only has the option to select a state from US. Does exists a way to add a license from Mexico? Thanks in advance,

Wed, 06/22/2011 - 18:54

David - the consensus seems to be that the requirement for a PE at all seems to be in error. I'm not sure if there is a way to add a license from Mexico, but really it shouldn't be necessary to provide the license.

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