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Table 1. Required Reductions for SDPs and Five-Year Plans

Points	SDP On-Site Combustion Emissions Reduction	SDP Site Energy Use Reduction	Sum of Five-Year Reductions of On-Site Combustion Emissions and Site Energy Use
2	≥ 50%	≥ 20%	≥ 10%
3	≥ 75%	≥ 25%	≥ 10%
4	100%	≥ 30%	≥ 10%

Optional for high performing projects and high process load projects

Projects that earn a minimum of seven points in EAc2: Optimized Energy Performance or that have process loads that equal 30% or more of their site energy may meet the requirements in Table 2. For projects applying Table 2, only two points are available if on-site combustion is less than 25% of annual site energy.

Table 2. Required Reductions for SDPs and Five-Year Plans for High-Performing Projects

Points	SDP On-Site Combustion Emissions Reduction	SDP Site Energy Use Reduction	Sum of Five-year Reduction of On-Site Combustion Emissions and Site Energy Use
2	≥ 50%	≥ 10%	≥ 5%
3	≥ 75%	≥ 12%	≥ 5%
4	100%	≥ 15%	≥ 5%

Table 3. Required Process for Strategic Decarbonization Plan and Five-Year Capital Plan

Phase	Action
Pre-planning	Create project team: Include, at minimum, team leader; owner or owner’s representative; energy expert or mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineer; expert on the building’s operations; financial expert and/or asset manager; architect; someone with construction experience; and cost estimator. The team list must include name, company, and expertise.
Pre-planning	Create carbon business as usual (BAU): Basic BAU will be provided by USGBC. Projects subject to building performance standards (BPSs) must create energy and/or carbon BAUs as per_EAp1: Carbon Projection from Energy Use._
Pre-planning	Create financial BAU: Use estimated costs of energy, cost to replace major equipment in kind, and carbon or energy fees.
Pre-planning	Develop inventories: Develop these for equipment and system information, including end of useful life for major equipment.
Pre-planning	Create end-use analysis: Create breakdown of energy use by type and system. Determine the percentage of each type of energy used for heating, servicing hot water, cooking, and other process loads.
Pre-planning	Collect energy-related analyses: Include any audits, retrocommissioning reports, and other energy-related analyses that have been performed.
Pre-planning	Create a list of trigger events and a timeline: Include replacement of major equipment or façade elements, refinancing, sunsetting of incentives, asset repositioning, etc.
Pre-planning	Develop conceptual plans: Develop at least two with a rough estimate carbon impact analysis, including at least one that achieves an estimated reduction of on-site combustion emissions > 90%.

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