Rating System Correction 1: Requirements for Homes
Remove:
Meet the requirements of ENERGY STAR for Homes, version 3
Complete the thermal enclosure system rater checklist, the HVAC system quality installation rater and contractor checklists, and the water management system builder checklist. Certified passive house projects automatically meet the thermal enclosure system rater checklist requirement.
Achieve a HERS index rating at or below the HERS index target (or USGBC-approved equivalent for projects outside the U.S.) or meet the requirements of the ENERGY STAR for Homes version 3 Prescriptive Pathway, which includes meeting or exceeding all components of the ENERGY STAR Reference Design.
Replace With:
Complete all mandatory measures of ENERGY STAR for Homes version 3.
Achieve a HERS Index rating that meets or exceeds the ENERGY STAR HERS Index Target (or USGBC-approved equivalent for projects outside the U.S.).
Certified passive house projects automatically meet the Thermal Enclosure System section of the Rater Design Review checklist.
Rating System Correction 2.
Remove: Thermal Enclosure System Rater Checklist
Replace with: Rater Design Review Checklist
Rating System Correction 3:
Remove: 2.1
Replace with: 3.1
Rating System Correction 4:
Remove: 4.1
Replace with: Rater Field Checklist 3.1
Rating System Correction 5:
Remove: 4.4.5e
Replace with: 3.4
Rating System Correction 6:
Remove: 5.2.1
Replace with: 4.3
Rating System Correction 7:
Before ‘Water-Managed Site and Foundation’, add: Water Management System Builder Requirements.
Reference Guide Correction 1: Homes Step-by-Step Guidance
Remove ‘Step 2. Choose Compliance Path’ (it includes 3 bullets) of ‘Step-By-Step Guidance’. Update remaining Step numbers accordingly.
Add the following:
Under Step-By-Step Guidance, Step 4. Design HVAC System, add the following as the 2nd bullet.
“The EPA requirement for the HVAC commissioning contractor credential does not apply. Instead this expertise is encouraged via the EA credit HVAC Start-Up Credentialing.”
Reference Guide Correction 2: Further Explanation
Delete ‘Prescriptive Path’ section. Remove both paragraphs in this section.