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the minimum prescriptive requirements documented for the standard, including any additional efficiency measures required by the standard.

CASE 2. ADDITIONAL EFFICIENCY — REQUIREMENTS BEYOND ASHRAE 90.1- 2022 This may only be applied to interior buildouts documented using International Energy Conservation Code 2024 (IECC-2024) when Section C406 requires these projects to achieve a minimum number of energy credits. To use Case 2, directly replace energy credits from ASHRAE 90.1-2022, Section 11, Additional Efficiency Requirements with C406 energy credits . Implement incremental C406 energy credits, above the minimum required in Section C406 from the list of eligible measures:

o HVAC (H01 to H05)

o Lighting (L01 to L06)

o SWH (W01 to W10)

PATH 3. PLUG AND PROCESS LOADS

Path 3 places a spotlight on plug, process, cooking, refrigeration, and elevator/escalator system energy use that represent 30% - 50% of building energy usage yet are only partially or peripherally addressed through ASHRAE 90.1 standard requirements.

Projects may apply Case 1 in conjunction with Case 2 or document compliance with Case 1, Case 2, or Case 3 independently.

Case 1. Plug Load Management

A plug load dashboard empowers occupants to actively engage in reducing project energy consumption from plug loads. To comply with the credit requirements, the dashboard must be accessible to all regular occupants of the space and summarize project receptacle use, at least monthly. For projects with required monitoring and recording of receptacle use at 15-minute intervals per EAp4: Energy Metering and Reporting, use the dashboard to visualize this data, and compare receptacle energy consumption to the prior interval annually, monthly, daily, and hourly. The dashboard is only required to show usage for receptacle circuits but may optionally address other process usage (such as elevators), or other project end uses (such as lighting or HVAC energy).

If the operator of the space has an IT department that oversees computing operations in the space, policies must be employed to control equipment off or in a very low power mode when not in use, except during scheduled maintenance periods. The policy must address monitors, visual displays, personal computers, and laptops.

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