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If the project scope includes alterations to 25% or more of the building envelope area or 5,000 square feet (465 square meters) of the building enclosure, then field testing for the building enclosure shall include the following if applicable:

• Water penetration testing, as per ASTM E1105 or AAMA 501.2, as appropriate.

• Infrared imaging, as per ASTM C1153 or ASTM C1060, as appropriate.

AND/OR

Option 2. Monitoring-based Commissioning (MBCx) (1–2 points)

PATH 1. BASIC MBCX (1 POINT)

Process and communications Commit to implementing MBCx for a minimum of three years. Include all of the following:

• MBCx plan : Develop an MBCx plan and include it in the current facilities requirements and operations and maintenance plan. The MBCx plan must describe:

o Roles and responsibilities

o Training of operations staff

o A software technology description, including frequency and duration of trend

monitoring.

o An action plan for identifying, prioritizing, correcting, and verifying correction of

operational errors.

o Review and reporting criteria. At least annually, provide a summary report of trends,

benchmarks, faults, energy savings opportunities, corrective actions taken, and planned actions.

• Energy information system (EIS) : Have in place a remotely accessible platform with software functionality to perform smart analytics and visually present project electricity consumption and fuel consumption, excluding shared systems serving the project space. Tenant access to the building EIS is acceptable.

Include the following functionality:

• Annual energy benchmarking of energy use intensities.

• Comparison of total project energy consumption and energy consumption of fuel and electricity to the prior interval annually and monthly.

• If electricity interval metering is required in EAp4: Energy Metering and Reporting, provide visualization and reporting of hourly total electricity and submetered data. For total tenant electricity, include an hourly loadshape and comparison of hourly electricity to the prior interval, and to the same interval of the prior year annually, monthly, weekly, and daily.

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