D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 20, r. 20-3599
The following definitions are added to read as follows:
Building Energy Performance Standards or BEPS - the level of energy efficiency set forth by DOEE as an ENERGY STAR score or Normalized Source EUI value for each property type, as provided in section 301(b) of the Act (D.C. Official Code § 8-1772.21(b) ).
Building Energy Performance Standards Period or BEPS Period - the period of time in which specific BEPS are in effect, which shall run from the date DOEE establishes BEPS until the next DOEE establishment of BEPS.
Building Energy Performance Standards Program or BEPS Program - the DOEE program overseeing and implementing BEPS.
Compliance Cycle - a period of five (5) years from the date of the establishment of BEPS during which, in the absence of a delay of compliance granted by DOEE, a building must meet the performance requirements set forth in § 3518 and procedural requirements set forth in § 3519.
Energy audit - An evaluation of a building that identifies potential energy efficiency measures for building systems and operations in accordance with the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 211-2018 Level 2.
High-performing property type - a property type for which the BEPS is at least as energy-efficient as the U.S. EPA's National Median for that property type.
Limited-equity cooperative (LEC) - a cooperative required by a government agency or nonprofit organization to limit the resale price of membership shares for the purpose of keeping the housing affordable to incoming members with low and moderate incomes.
Major renovation - any repair, alteration, or addition of a building that:
(1) Significantly affects multiple core building systems; and
(2) Costs at least twenty-five (25) percent of the value of the building, as determined based on the District Office of Tax and Revenue records, before the repair, alteration, or addition is started.
Online BEPS Portal - a web-based application created by DOEE for a building owner to submit required reporting and verification documents pertaining to BEPS, accessible through the DOEE BEPS Program webpage.
Operation and maintenance program - A plan meeting the specifications found in American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
Standard 100-2018, Chapter 6, that addresses every applicable building system and element as outlined in Annex D and follows the implementation requirements laid out in Annex L that address the functions, duties and labor associated with the daily operations and normal repairs, replacement of parts and structural components, and other activities needed to preserve an asset so that it continues to provide acceptable services and achieves its expected life.
Qualifying affordable housing - a building that is primarily residential, contains five (5) or more dwelling units, and can demonstrate that:
(1) Use restrictions or other covenants require that at least 50% of the building's dwelling units are occupied by households with household income of less than 50% of the area median income (AMI);
(2) At least 50% of the dwelling units rent at levels affordable to households with incomes less than or equal to 50% of the AMI.; or
(3) The building is a Limited-equity Cooperative (LEC) that meets the definition of affordable housing pursuant to section 301(k) of the Clean Energy Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018 (D.C. Official Code § 8-1772.21(k) ).
Site Energy Use Intensity or Site EUI - the annual amount of energy a building consumes onsite, as reported on a building's utility bills, divided by the building's gross floor area (or in the case of water and wastewater treatment plants, by gallons per day), as determined through Portfolio Manager.
Site Energy Use Intensity Adjusted to Current Year or Adjusted Site EUI - the Site EUI a building would be expected to have if its operations were the same as in the current time period, as determined through Portfolio Manager.
Weather Normalized Site Energy Use Intensity or Normalized Site EUI - the Site EUI a building would have consumed during thirty (30) year average weather conditions, as determined through Portfolio Manager.
The following definition is amended to read as follows:
Building owner - an individual, partnership, corporation, trust, association, firm, joint stock company, organization, commission, or other entity either possessing title or designated to govern a building.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 20, r. 20-3599