Prescriptive Reference Guides - Commercial

The following guides provide guidance for showing compliance using the prescriptive approach. Compliance worksheets are included in the guides or they can be downloaded separately.

These documents are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF); download Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them. Click on the desired document (PDF) in the following table to download.

Guides	1998 IECC	2000 IECC	90.1-1989
Complete set of guides	PDF 542 KB, 67pp	PDF 547 KB, 67pp	PDF 536 KB, 67pp
Scope & Application Guide	PDF 53 KB, 8pp	PDF 51 KB, 8pp	PDF 51 KB, 8pp
Envelope Guide	PDF 109 KB, 13pp	PDF 116 KB, 13pp	PDF 103 KB, 13pp
Lighting Guide	PDF 425 KB, 21pp	PDF 442 KB, 25pp	PDF 626 KB, 22pp
Mechanical Guide	PDF 214 KB, 25pp	PDF 213 KB, 25pp	PDF 214 KB, 25pp
Individual Worksheets	1998 IECC	2000 IECC	90.1-1989
Envelope Compliance Certificate	PDF 39 KB	PDF 39 KB	PDF 39 KB
Lighting Application	PDF 20 KB	PDF 26 KB	PDF 20 KB
Lighting Compliance Certificate	PDF 36 KB	PDF 36 KB	PDF 36 KB
Mechanical Compliance Certificate for Complex Systems	PDF 50 KB	PDF 50 KB	PDF 50 KB
Mechanical Compliance Certificate for Simple Systems	PDF 38 KB	PDF 38 KB	PDF 39 KB

Complete Set of COMcheck Guides
The complete set of guides and materials available above are described individually below.

Scope and Application Guide
The Scope and Application Guide provides an overview of the COMcheck™ materials and explains how energy code requirements apply to various commercial building situations.

Envelope Guide
The Envelope Guide provides a manual (i.e., non-computer-based) method for determining and documenting compliance with envelope requirements. The document includes explanation of code requirements, a blank envelope compliance form, and a completed sample form.

Lighting Guide
The Lighting Guide provides a manual method for determining and documenting compliance with lighting requirements. The document includes explanation of code requirements, a blank lighting compliance form and worksheet, a completed sample form and worksheet, and tables containing typical lighting equipment wattages.

Mechanical Guide
The Mechanical Guide provides a manual method for determining and documenting compliance with mechanical requirements in the energy code. The document includes explanation of code requirements, a blank mechanical compliance form, a completed sample form, and supporting equipment efficiency requirement tables.