10:09:02:01.  State building project certifications. The following steps must be taken to certify a project as a high performance building:

 

          (1)  The OSE shall designate the high performance building standard to be used on the project;

 

          (2)  The owner shall submit the owner's project requirements to the OSE and A/E during the programming phase;

 

          (3)  The A/E, at the request of the OSE shall complete and present an approved high performance building standard checklist to the owner and OSE;

 

          (4)  The A/E shall submit the initial basis of design to the owner and OSE no later than the completion of the schematic design phase;

 

          (5)  The A/E shall submit an OSE approved energy model to the owner before completion of the design development phase verifying the required energy optimization performance credits are achievable;

 

          (6)  The owner, OSE, A/E, commissioning team, and building contractor shall complete all the procedural requirements designated in the standard in the time frame required;

 

          (7)  A copy of the original building certification document must be submitted to the OSE within 90 days of certification;

 

          (8)  OSE shall keep the building certification document on file for the lifetime of the building; and

 

          (9)  A copy of the building certificate may be kept on file by the owner.

 

          Source: 34 SDR 323, effective July 3, 2008; 41 SDR 218, effective June 30, 2015.

          General Authority: SDCL 5-14-38.

          Law Implemented: SDCL 5-14-38.