1. Energy Efficiency – Above Green

Commercial and Multi-Family High-Rise Residential Buildings.

Meet the requirements of ASHRAE 90.1.
Design the building to achieve at least 30% energy consumption reduction from ASHRAE 90.1 baseline.
If a 30% reduction is not LCCE, modify the design of the proposed building to achieve an energy consumption level at the highest level of energy efficiency that is LCCE.
Determine energy consumption levels for both the ASHRAE Baseline Building and proposed building alternatives by using the Performance Rating Method found in appendix G of ASHRAE 90.1, except the formula for calculating the Performance Rating. Replace the formula in G1.2 with the following:
- Percentage improvement = 100 × ((Baseline building consumption − Receptacle and process loads) − (Proposed building consumption − Receptacle and process loads)) / (Baseline building consumption − Receptacle and process loads)

Meet the requirements of International Energy Conservation Code (IECC).
Design the building to achieve at least 30% energy consumption reduction from the IECC baseline using the Simulated Performance Alternative found in Section 405 of the IECC.
If a 30% reduction is not LCCE, modify the design of the proposed building \1\alternatives/1/ to achieve an energy consumption level at the highest level of energy efficiency that is LCCE.

Renovation projects that replace everything above the foundation must either apply 2-3.1.1 or 2-3.1.2 as applicable.
All other renovations choose one of the following options:
- Reduce measured building energy use by at least 30%, below FY 2003\4\, or earlier,/4/ energy use baseline.
- Reduce measured building energy use by at least 20% below FY 2015energy use baseline.
- Reduce modeled energy use (from all sources including renewable energy) by \4\30%/4/ compared to the ASHRAE 90.1 baseline building design for Commercial or Multi-Family High-Rise Residential Buildings, or the IECC baseline using the Simulated Performance Alternative found in Section 405 of the IECC for Low-Rise Residential buildings.
If none of the reduction choices is life-cycle cost-effective, modify the design of the proposed building system(s) to achieve an energy consumption level at the highest level of energy efficiency that is life-cycle cost-effective.

Per EISA 2007 Section 525, acquire products that are ENERGY STAR®-qualified or meet FEMP-designated efficiency requirements in all covered product categories, considering cost-effectiveness and availability. Link to EPA sites: http://www.energystar.gov/ or https://energy.gov/eere/femp/federal-energymanagement-program

Per EISA 2007 Section 524, provide commercially available, off-the-shelf products that use no more than 1 watt in their standby mode.