Compliance for certain energy efficiency measures, as specified by the Commission, requires field verification and diagnostic testing of dwelling units by a certified ECC-Rater. The Commission approves ECC-Providers, subject to Title 24, Part 1, Section 10-103.3. Approved ECC-Providers are authorized to certify ECC-Raters and are required to maintain quality control over ECC-Rater field verification and diagnostic testing activities.

When the Certificate of Compliance documentation for a dwelling unit indicates that field verification and diagnostic testing of specific energy efficiency measures are required as a condition for complying with Title 24, Part 6, an approved ECC-Provider and certified ECC-Rater shall be used to conduct the field verification and diagnostic testing according to the applicable procedures in Appendix RA2. As specified by Section 10-103.3, “Providers and Raters shall be independent entities from the builder and from the subcontractor installer of energy efficiency improvements field verified or diagnostically tested. ” An “Independent Entity means having no financial interest in, and not advocating or recommending the use of any product or service as a means of gaining increased business with, firms or persons specified in Section 10-103.3. Third Party Quality Control Programs approved by the Commission may serve some of the functions of ECC-Raters for field verification purposes as specified in Section RA2.7.

The remainder of this Appendix RA2 describes the:

1. Measures that require field verification or diagnostic testing;
2. Requirements for documentation and communication for  verification compliance processes;
3. Responsibilities assigned to each of the parties involved in the field verification and diagnostic testing process;
4. Requirements for procedures for installing contractors and Certificate of Installation documentation;
5. Requirements for Rater field verification and diagnostic testing and documentation procedures;
6. Requirements for sampling procedures for verification compliance;
7. Requirements for Third Party Quality Control Programs;
8. Requirements for verification compliance for alterations to existing dwellings.