6.5.3 Delivery of ENERGY STAR® Existing Building Certification

A. The Existing Building Certification must be delivered with the application. It may not be deferred. The Firm Commitment may not be conditioned upon receipt or future delivery of the Existing Building Certification. A single exception is permitted if the Existing Building Certification cannot be obtained because the Borrower is unable to provide consumption data for twelve consecutive, whole months for every meter on the property, including any and all tenant meters. In this circumstance, the application must include a Statement of Energy Performance consistent with the benchmarking procedures described at Section 6.6.3.A.2 indicating that the property likely will achieve the minimum ENERGY STAR® Score after 100% whole building data is available. In addition, the Borrower must include as non-critical repairs the installation of energy consumption monitoring technology (as described at Section 6.4.5.A.2) to provide 100% whole building consumption data collection. If the Existing Building Certification is deferred, it must be delivered not more than 15 months after the completion of the non-critical repairs.