Certificate of acceptance (NRCA) forms consist of worksheets to document the results of construction inspections and functional testing, as well as a signatory page. Table 13-1 shows the NRCA documents and related references.
Naming Convention. The name of the compliance document can give you clues about the documents use. The NRCA prefix indicates a nonresidential certificate of acceptance. The next set of letters specifies the building component; for example, “LTI” indicates indoor lighting. The suffix will tell you whether a certified acceptance test technician “-A” or field technician “-F” is appropriate to perform the functional performance test. Remember that an ATT can act as a field technician, but a current ATT certification is required for someone to sign as an ATT.
Certificate of Acceptance Test Form Name |
Energy Standards Reference |
Reference Nonresidential Appendix NA7 |
Required Certification | |
Envelope |
NRCA-ENV-02-F Fenestration Acceptance |
NONE | ||
NRCA-ENV-02-F Window Films |
Made available to ATT | |||
NRCA-ENV-02-F Dynamic Glazing |
Made available to ATT | |||
NRCA-ENV-03-F Clerestories for PAF |
Made available to ATT | |||
NRCA-ENV-03-F Interior and exterior horizontal slats for PAF |
Made available to ATT | |||
NRCA-ENV-03-F Interior and exterior lighting shelves for PAF |
Made available to ATT | |||
Mechanical
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NRCA-MCH-02-A Outdoor Air Acceptance |
& §120.5(a)1 |
ATT not yet required | |
NRCA-MCH-03-A Constant Volume, Single Zone, Unitary Air Conditioner and Heat Pump Systems |
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ATT not yet required | ||
NRCA-MCH-04-A Air Distribution Systems Acceptance |
ATT not yet required | |||
NRCA-MCH-05-A Air Economizer Controls Acceptance |
ATT not yet required | |||
NRCA-MCH-06-A Demand Control Ventilation Systems Acceptance |
& §120.5(a)5 |
ATT not yet required | ||
NRCA-MCH-07-A Supply Fan VFD Acceptance |
§120.5(a)6 & §140.4(c)2B & §140.4(c)2C |
ATT not yet required | ||
NRCA-MCH-08-A Valve Leakage Test |
ATT not yet required | |||
NRCA-MCH-09-A Supply Water Temperature Reset Controls Acceptance |
ATT not yet required | |||
NRCA-MCH-10-A Hydronic System Variable Flow Control Acceptance |
ATT not yet required | |||
NRCA-MCH-11-A Automatic Demand Shed Control Acceptance |
ATT not yet required | |||
NRCA-MCH-12-A Fault Detection & Diagnostics (FDD) for Packaged Direct Expansion Units |
ATT not yet required | |||
NRCA-MCH-13-A Automatic Fault Detection & Diagnostics (FDD) for Air Handling Units & Zone Terminal Units Acceptance |
ATT not yet required | |||
NRCA-MCH-14-A Distributed Energy Storage DX AC Systems Acceptance |
ATT not yet required | |||
NRCA-MCH-15-A Thermal Energy Storage (TES) System Acceptance |
ATT not yet required | |||
NRCA-MCH-16-A Supply Air Temperature Reset Controls Acceptance |
ATT not yet required | |||
NRCA-MCH-17-A Condenser Water Supply Temperature Reset Controls Acceptance |
This test is required if this control strategy is implemented. |
ATT not yet required | ||
NRCA-MCH-18-A Energy Management Control Systems |
§110.2(e), §120.2(h), §120.5(a)17, §130.4(b), §130.5(f), §150.0(k) |
ATT not yet required | ||
Occupancy Standby |
ATT not yet required | |||
Indoor Lighting |
NRCA-LTI-02-A Lighting Controls |
ATT | ||
NRCA-LTI-03-A Automatic Daylighting Controls |
ATT | |||
NRCA-LTI-04-A Demand Responsive Lighting Controls |
ATT | |||
NRCA-LTI-05-A Institutional Tuning Power Adjustment Factor |
NA7.7.4.2 |
ATT | ||
Outdoor Lighting |
NRCA-LTO-02-A Outdoor Lighting Acceptance Tests |
§110.9(b),
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ATT | |
NRCA-PRC-01-F Compressed Air System Acceptance |
NONE | |||
NRCA-PRC-02-F Commercial Kitchen Exhaust |
NONE | |||
NRCA-PRC-03-F Parking Garage Exhaust |
NONE | |||
NRCA-PRC-04-F Refrigerated Warehouse – Evaporator Fan Motor Controls Acceptance |
NONE | |||
NRCA-PRC-05-F Refrigerated Warehouse – Evaporative Condenser Controls Acceptance |
NONE | |||
NRCA-PRC-06-F Refrigerated Warehouse – Air-Cooled Condenser Controls Acceptance |
NONE | |||
NRCA-PRC-07-F Refrigerated Warehouse – Compressor Variable Speed Acceptance |
NONE | |||
NRCA-PRC-08-F Refrigerated Warehouse – Electric Resistance Underslab Heating System Acceptance |
NONE | |||
NRCA-PRC-12-F Elevator Lighting and Ventilation Controls |
NONE | |||
NRCA-PRC-13-F Escalator and Moving Walkways Speed Control |
NONE | |||
NRCA-PRC-14-F Laboratory exhaust ventilation system acceptance test |
NONE | |||
NRCA-PRC-15-F Fume hood automatic sash closure system acceptance test |
NONE | |||
NRCA-PRC-16-F Adiabatic Condenser fan motor variable speed control |
NONE |