8.8   Electrical Power Distribution Systems Compliance Documents

8.8.1    Overview

This section describes the compliance documentation (compliance form(s)) recommended for compliance with the requirements of the 2016 Energy Standards in regards to electrical power distribution systems.

At the time a building permit application is submitted to the enforcement agency, the applicant also submits plans and energy compliance documentation.

This section is addressed to the person preparing construction and compliance documents, and to the enforcement agency plan checkers who are examining those documents for compliance with the Energy Standards.

8.8.2    Compliance Documentation Numbering

List of compliance documents for electrical power distribution systems:

    NRCC-ELC-01-E, Certificate of Compliance, Electrical Power Distribution Systems.

    NRCI-ELC-01-E, Certificate of Installation, Electrical Power Distribution Systems.

There are no acceptance test forms for electrical power distribution systems because there are no required acceptance tests for electrical power distribution systems under the Energy Standards.

The following is the numbering scheme of the compliance documentation forms:

NRCC           Nonresidential Certificate of Compliance

NRCI             Nonresidential Certificate of Installation

ELC               Electrical power distribution systems

E                    Primarily used by enforcement authority

A                    Primarily used by acceptance tester

Use a single compliance form for each building for the permit application; this is to ensure clarity of information for the permit and plan check process.

The paper prescriptive compliance documents have a limited number of rows per section for entering data. If additional spaces are required on the form in order to include the required information about the project, multiple copies of that page(s)