This compliance manual supplements four other related documents that are available from the California Energy Commission. These are:
A. The 2022 Building Energy Efficiency Standards, Title 24, Part 6 (Energy Code). This compliance manual supplements and explains and clarifies California’s energy efficiency standards for buildings; it does not replace them. Readers should have a copy of the Energy Code to refer to while reading this manual, as well as a copy of the 2022 Reference Appendices.
B. 2022 Reference Appendices — The reference appendices have three main subsections: Reference Joint Appendices, Reference Residential Appendices, and Reference Nonresidential Appendices:
1. The 2022 Reference Joint Appendices contain information common to single-family residential, nonresidential, and multifamily buildings including, but not limited to, definitions, climate zone information, weather data, assembly properties, qualification requirements for high-efficacy light sources, compliance documentation registration procedures, qualification requirements for photovoltaic systems, and qualification requirements for battery storage systems.
2. The 2022 Reference Residential Appendices contain information for single-family residential and low-rise multifamily buildings. The Reference Residential Appendices contain Home Energy Rating System (HERS) field verification and diagnostic testing procedures for HVAC equipment, air distribution ducts, and quality insulation installation.
3. The 2022 Reference Nonresidential Appendices contain information for both nonresidential and high-rise multifamily buildings. The reference nonresidential appendices contain HERS field verification and diagnostic testing procedures for HVAC equipment and air distribution ducts, acceptance testing procedures, and luminaire power default values.
C. The 2022 Residential Alternative Calculation Method (ACMs or Compliance Software) Approval Manual. The 2022 Residential ACM Approval Manual describes the process for certifying and decertifying the compliance software programs.
D. The 2022 Residential Alternative Calculation Method Reference Manual lays out the technical rules for implementing the 2022 performance compliance path in software programs.
Material from related documents is not repeated in this compliance manual; rather, it is referenced. If you are using the electronic version of this compliance manual, there are hyperlinks throughout the manual that will take you directly to the document that is referenced.