If a building were designed to a newer building standard, wouldn’t it already satisfy the conditions for the tax deduction?
Not likely. Although lighting power densities in, for example, ASHRAE 90.1-2004 are almost low enough to satisfy the interim lighting LPDs, the lighting controls requirements of the interim lighting provision go beyond those of 90.1-2004. During the development of the legislation care was taken to insure that “free riders” would be minimal. back to questions What if a commercial building tenant performs a retrofit that would meet the energy savings, would they get the deduction? Is the deduction for privately owned buildings restricted to the owner or can a management company or a tenant in a leased space take advantage of the deduction? The tax deduction is to be given to the owner of the lighting system. Do you believe this enables ESCOs, if they own the lighting system until the end of their performance contracts, to claim the tax deduction for themselves as the legal owner of the lighting system? Could the building owner even do it legally if the ESCO is the owner under the perform
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