OAR 330-130-0100: Pre-qualification for persons performing Energy Commissioning, Auditing, and Performance Verification Services

(1) The department shall establish criteria to pre-qualify persons or firms to execute the provisions of this bill. Agencies may select persons or firms that have been pre-qualified by the department to perform auditing, commissioning, and performance verification services for energy systems. (2) Energy Auditor: (a) The department shall maintain a list of pre-qualified energy auditing firms. This list must be established through an open RFP process using a qualification-based scoring criteria to determine a person’s or firm’s ability to perform energy audits in existing buildings. (b) A qualifying firm must demonstrate expertise in the following areas: (A) Commercial and industrial technology; (B) Energy auditing equipment, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems; (C) Lighting design; (D) Energy efficiency technology; and: (E) Preventative maintenance procedures. (c) Agencies may use the department’s list of pre-qualified energy auditors for the selection of a person or firm to perform energy conservation measure analysis of existing buildings. (3) Commissioning Agent (a) The department maintains a list of pre-qualified commissioning firms. This list will be established through an open RFP process that uses a qualifications-based scoring criteria to determine a person’s or firm’s ability to perform commissioning of energy using systems in new and existing buildings. (b) At least one individual employed by the firm must be a member of a building commissioning professional association such as Building Commissioning Association (BCA), National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB), or Associated Air Balance Council (AABC). (c) Agencies may use the department’s list of pre-qualified commissioning agents for the selection of a person or firm to perform commissioning services for energy efficiency projects in new and existing buildings. (4) Measurement and verification. (a) Agencies may select from the list of pre-qualified ESCOs described in OAR 330-130-0090(2)(b) or the list of commissioning agents described in OAR 330-130-0100(3) for the measurement and verification of implemented energy efficiency measures.