[bldg-sim] Tax Credit Question

[Lee DeBaillie]

Justin,
 
I don't believe the guideline has been issued.  It appears to be the last missing piece of information necessary to complete an actual certification letter under the interim guidelines issued Nov06.  From what I can piece together, because of this, you can do the energy analysis but you can't actually apply for the tax deduction without a certification letter, which requires among other things a building inspection conforming to the missing guidelines.  Does anyone know of a successfully completed project?
 
NEMA has protested this requirement to the US Treasury Department last summer - see below.
 
Lee

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In a letter to the U.S. Treasury Department commenting on the IRS guidelines, NEMA has taken the position: "The requirement of the Notice that this field inspection be performed in accordance with NREL procedures is unnecessary and inappropriate for the interim rule, which is independent of energy-saving targets. Qualified individuals already exist that can inspect an installation to assure that a lighting design that is consistent with the prescriptive requirements of the interim rule has been installed in the building. There is no need for new NREL requirements."
As of August 21, Treasury has not responded to these comments in an actionable manner.
http://www.aboutlightingcontrols.org/education/papers/taxdeduction2.shtml 
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>>> "Justin Aruck" <jaruck at emoenergy.com> 2/5/2007 12:43 PM >>>

From: Justin Aruck [mailto:jaruck at emoenergy.com]
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 1:11:19 PM
To: bldg-sim at gard.com
Subject: [bldg-sim] Tax Credit Question Does anybody know the status of the NREL "Energy Savings Modeling and Inspection Guidelines for Commercial Building Federal Tax Deductions"  that is supposed to be used to certify buildings for the commercial building tax deduction?  It seems to be referenced all over the place, but I can't find it.  Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank You, Justin Aruck, LEED-APProject ManagerEMO Energy Solutions, LLC2733 Hartland RoadFalls Church, VA 22043Phone: 703-205-0445  x122Fax: 703-205-0449 
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