Lighting Controls Acceptance Test Technician Certification Provider 2019 Updates Review: National Lighting Contractors Association of America, Compliance Review to the California 2019 Standards

Per the requirements in Section 10-103.1(d)2 of the Building Energy Efficiency Standards, acceptance test technician certification providers shall submit an update report to the California Energy Commission reporting what adjustments have been made to the training curricula, if any, to address adopted updates to the standards. The 2019 Building Energy Efficiency Standards were adopted by the California Energy Commission on May 8, 2018, and all acceptance test technician certification providers were notified to begin development of their 2019 update reports.

Staff has evaluated the training curricula adjustments and other application amendments that the National Lighting Contractors Association of America submitted in its 2019 update report, which staff first received in its entirety on July 19, 2019. The National Lighting Contractors Association of America submitted revised materials on November 13, 2019, to address staff's evaluation of the report. Staff has found that the proposed training curricula adjustments and other application amendments submitted, including the National Lighting Contractors Association of America’s November supplement, satisfy the requirements for acceptance test technician certification providers in Section 10-103.1(c) of the 2019 Building Energy Efficiency Standards, which will go into effect January 1, 2020. Staff recommends that the California Energy Commission approve the National Lighting Contractors Association of America’s 2019 update report.