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Compliance Forms—
Performance Rating Method
The following pages provide a sample performance rating report that conforms to the requirements of the
rating method. An electronic version is available for download from ASHRAE’s website.
This form is intended for use with the Performance Rating Method of ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1
(Appendix G) when a rating shell is not used. If a rating shell is used, it should automatically generate a
version of the rating report. If this form is used instead, the user should fill in the form using information
taken from the output reports of the simulation program.
In addition to this form, the user should submit completed forms from the other chapters of the User’s
Manual. Those forms document the proposed design and its features, and they also make it clear where the
proposed design under the rating method differs from the prescriptive requirements. Finally, as noted at the
bottom of this form, the user should provide a list that describes all instances where input assumptions differ
between the baseline building and proposed design runs.
The performance rating report has several sections designed to make clear to the rating personnel what the
building characteristics are and how the rating method has been applied to it.
Project Name and Information
This section begins with a basic statement that the project complies with the mandatory requirements of the
Standard and notes the date of the plans upon which the performance rating runs are based. This section also
records basic information about the project, the people involved, the heating fuel, and the weather data used
for the rating analysis. There is also space to summarize the areas and uses within the building.
Advisory Messages
This section reports information from the simulation runs that is helpful in identifying modeling problems or
special situations.
Performance Rating Result
This final section is prepared by the person responsible for the building performance rating submittal to the
rating authority.
Energy Use and Energy Cost Summary
These sections summarize the energy use breakouts by end use and by fuel type. They also show the percent
difference between the proposed and the baseline buildings. When the percentage value is less than 100%,
then the proposed design is better than the baseline.
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Project Name:
Project Address: Date:
Designer of Record: Email: Telephone:
Contact Person: Email: Telephone:
City:
Principal heating source: Fossil fuel Fossil/electric hybrid and purchased heat
Electricity Other
Space Summary
Conditioned Area Unconditioned Total Area
Building Use (ft² or m²) Area (ft² or m²) (ft² or m²)
Total
Advisory Messages
Difference
Proposed Building Baseline Proposed –
Design Building Baseline
Number of hours heating loads not met (system/plant)
Number of hours cooling loads not met (system/plant)
Number of warnings
Number of errors
Number of defaults overridden
Simulation General
Proposed Building Baseline Baseline same
Design Building as Proposed?
Simulation program
Weather data
Utility rates
Performance Rating Result
The proposed and baseline buildings comply with the mandatory requirements of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1–2013 and
meet the Performance Rating Method requirement.
Individual certifying authenticity of the data provided in this analysis:
Signature Title
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Project Name:
Contact Person: Email: Telephone:
Energy and Cost Summary by Fuel Type*
Proposed Building Baseline Building
Proposed /
Energy Peak Energy Peak Baseline
(106 Btu/yr (103 Btu/h (106 Btu/yr (103 Btu/h Energy
End Use Energy Type or MJ/yr) or kW) or MJ/yr) or kW) (%)
Lighting—conditioned
Lighting—unconditioned
Space heating (1)
Space heating (2)
Space cooling
Pumps
Heat rejection
Fans—interior ventilation
Fans—interior exhaust
Fans—parking garage
Service water heating
Office equipment
Elevators and escalators
Refrigeration (food, etc.)
Cooking (commercial)
Total building consumption
Energy Summary by End Use*
Proposed Building Baseline Building Percentage Improvement
Energy Use Energy Use 100 x (1 – Proposed Energy
(106 Btu/yr Energy Cost (106 Btu/yr Energy Cost Cost / Baseline Energy Cost)
or MJ/yr) ($/yr) or MJ/yr) ($/yr) %
Electricity
Natural gas
Other fossil fuel
District steam
Total nonsolar
Solar or site recovered
Total including solar
* These results use assumptions for showing compliance during a typical year; actual energy costs may be substantially different.
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