Does anyone know the timeline for the tax credit - If I did a retrofit in late '06, is it too late to apply for the tax deduction?<br><br>Best,<br>Andy<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
<a href="mailto:Drury.Crawley@ee.doe.gov">Drury.Crawley@ee.doe.gov</a></b> <<a href="mailto:Drury.Crawley@ee.doe.gov">Drury.Crawley@ee.doe.gov</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>One correction... there are indeed two paths for getting a tax<br>deduction of up to $0.60/ft2 for lighting systems:<br><br>1. 'Interim Lighting Rule' -- simple reduction of lighting power<br>density as per the IRS Notice.
<br><br>2. At least 16-2/3% savings of the lighting, heating, cooling, and<br>hot water energy and power costs---not the whole building energy.<br><br>In both cases, the IRS says that you must use software to show that<br>
the building qualifies.<br><br>For the energy savings calculations, this requires using one of the<br>qualified<br>software programs listed on the DOE web site:<br><a href="http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/info/qualified_software/">
http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/info/qualified_software/</a><br>(These are ones that have submitted the complete information required by<br>the IRS Notice.)<br><br>We are working with the IRS to extend the definition of 'qualified
<br>software' for<br>the interim lighting rule to allow programs that automatically calculate<br>the<br>90.1-2001 lighting power density to be used.<br><br>NREL published modeling and inspection guidelines for the tax deductions
<br>late last week: <a href="http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy07osti/40228.pdf">http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy07osti/40228.pdf</a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> "Lee Shawn"<br> <
<a href="mailto:slee@beardsley.com">slee@beardsley.com</a> To: <a href="mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com">BLDG-SIM@gard.com</a><br> > cc:<br> Sent by: Subject: [BLDG-SIM] Energy Tax Credits
<br> <a href="mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com">BLDG-SIM@gard.com</a><br><br><br> 02/28/2007 03:40 PM<br> Please respond to<br> slee<br><br><br><br>
<br><br>Mike,<br><br>There are two ways to do the light energy saving right now. One is based<br>on the whole building energy and power cost; you must reach 16-2/3 % saving<br>based on the whole building. Another way is based on light design
<br>prescription per ASHRAE 90.1-2001; you must reach 30% ~ 50% saving based on<br>ASHRAE. See IRS Notice 2006-52 from its web site for detail.<br><br>Shawn Lee, P.E.<br>Beardsley Design Associates<br>64 South Street<br>
Auburn, NY 13021<br>315-253-7301<br><br><br>From: <a href="mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com">BLDG-SIM@gard.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com">BLDG-SIM@gard.com</a>] On Behalf Of Mark<br>Blackwoood<br>Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 2:34 PM
<br>To: <a href="mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com">BLDG-SIM@gard.com</a><br>Subject: [BLDG-SIM] Energy Tax Credits<br><br>Our perception is the whole building has to be calculated. It will be<br>interesting to see other input.<br>
<br>Mark Blackwood<br>VP Engineering & Operations<br>CBEP, REM, CxA<br>River Place Technologies, LLC<br>1203 Jersey Ridge Road<br>Suite 108<br>Davenport Iowa 52803<br>563-323-0800 (o)<br>563-323-0803 (f)<br>563-340-9306 (c)
<br><br>From: <a href="mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com">BLDG-SIM@gard.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com">BLDG-SIM@gard.com</a>] On Behalf Of Dillon,<br>Mike<br>Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 1:07 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com">
BLDG-SIM@gard.com</a><br>Subject: [BLDG-SIM] Energy Tax Credits<br><br><br><br>Hello All,<br><br><br>I'm working with a customer who did a lighting retrofit and it meets the<br>50% improvement over 90.1 2001 for the $.60/sf. My question is, how in do I
<br>document this for the accountants? It's just lighting so do I still need to<br>do the whole building through one of the approved simulation soft wares or<br>can I just do some sort of calculation by hand? Any help would be greatly
<br>appreciated.<br><br><br>Thanks,<br>Mike<br><br><br>Mike Dillon E.I.T.<br>DSM Engineer<br>Avista Utilities<br>1411 E. Mission Avenue - MSC 15<br>Spokane, Washington 99202<br>Phone: 509.495.4260<br>Mobile: 509.270.6453<br>
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