This document is organized in five chapters and several appendices, as follows:
Chapters and descriptions:
1.
Overview
The purpose, organization, and content of the manual.
2.
General Modeling Procedures
An overview of the modeling process, outlining the modeling rules
and assumptions that are implemented in the same way for the standard design and
the proposed design, and procedures for determining system types and equipment
sizes.
3.
Compliance
Software Requirements
Requirements for the simulation engines and
implementation of compliance rules used to make calculations, and special
reporting requirements for nonstandard building features.
4.
Content and Format of Standard Reports
The content and organization of the
standard reports produced by qualifying compliance software.
5.
Nonresidential Building Descriptors Reference
The acceptable
range of inputs for the proposed design and a specification for the standard
design for nonresidential buildings.
6.
Multifamily Building Descriptors Reference
The acceptable
range of inputs for the proposed design and a specification for the standard
design for multifamily buildings.
In addition, there are several appendices that contain reference material supporting definition of the proposed design and standard design. The numbering for these appendices generally aligns with the chapter numbers in the main manual that reference the appendices.