(Chapters 1-10, Single-Family Residential only)

The Seattle Department of Planning and Development requires that certain forms be completed and submitted with the permit application. Through this website, electronic versions of working Excel spreadsheets are available to be downloaded. Users can then fill in the appropriate data (with calculations being done automatically), print out the completed form, and submit it with their application.

• Handout on New and Replacement Heating Equipment: Single-Family Residential Requirements in the 2009 Energy Code
• Heating Equipment Sizing Form (Single-Family and Multifamily Residential)
• Single-Family Residential Target UA Form
• Single-Family Residential Lighting Form

The Energy Code also requires that a signed affidavit for duct testing be provided to the building inspector and that a permanent Energy Code certificate be posted at the building site for single-family residential buildings.  Blank masters are available to be downloaded below.

• Single-Family Residential Affidavit for Testing of New Ductwork
• Single-Family Residential Affidavit for Testing of Existing Ductwork
• Single-Family Residential Certificate for Posting Energy Code Information at Building Site

Click on the links below to download spreadsheets with electronic versions of the forms.  Make sure to set the macro protection to “medium” or less when you download the file in order to maintain the functionality of the spreadsheets.  (When the file is downloaded to a computer where the macro protection is set to “maximum”, the computer then disables the macros.)

FORMS TO USE WITH PERMIT APPLICATIONS

Handout on New and Replacement Heating Equipment: Single-Family Residential Requirements in the 2009 Energy Code
Application: Informative.
Summary: Provides an overview of key requirements for (1) minimum heating equipment efficiency, (2) heating equipment sizing, (3) duct testing for air leakage, (4) permanent Energy Code certificate, and (5) other associated components. 

Heating Equipment Sizing Form (Single-Family and Multifamily Residential)
Application: (1) required to be attached to all building permit applications, and
(2) required to be submitted with all applications to install new or replacement heating equipment. (Code reference: Single-Family Residential Energy Code, Section 503.2, and Multifamily Residential, Section 1431.2.)
Summary: Provides a simple form for calculating loads to size heating equipment. This form is tailored to the Seattle winter design temperature of 24 F (the 46 degree temperature difference used equals 70 F inside minus 24 F outside).

Single-Family Residential Target UA Form
Application: Optional, only necessary if the Target UA compliance option is used. (Code reference: Single-Family Residential Energy Code, Section 502.2. See the Nonresidential & Multifamily Residential Energy Code Forms page for other than single-family residential.)
Summary: Provides an alternate compliance option for projects which do not comply with the prescriptive requirements. (Note that this form requires the user to calculate both the Target Design and the Proposed Design.).

Single-Family Residential Lighting Form
Application: Required for each dwelling unit. A separate copy must be attached to each set of drawings submitted with electrical permit applications, over-the-counter (OTC) permit applications, and online electrical permit applications.  (Code reference: Single-Family Residential Energy Code, Section 505.1. See the Nonresidential & Multifamily Residential Energy Code Forms page for other than single-family residential.)
Summary: Provides a calculation of what percentage of the luminaires (light fixtures) are high-efficacy.

FORMS REQUIRED AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE

Single-Family Residential Affidavit for Testing of New Ductwork
Application: Required to be signed and provided to the building inspector for new ductwork in single-family residential (Code reference: Single-Family Residential Energy Code, Section 503.10.3.)
Summary: Provides a blank master.

Single-Family Residential Affidavit for Testing of Existing Ductwork
Application: Required to be signed and provided to the building inspector for existing ductwork in single-family residential (Code reference: Single-Family Residential Energy Code, Section 101.3.2.6.)
Summary: Provides a blank master.

Single-Family Residential Certificate for Posting Energy Code Information at Building Site
Application: Required to be posted at the building site and updated for new construction and alterations to single-family residential (Code reference: Single-Family Residential Energy Code, Section 105.4.)
Summary: Provides a blank master with TWO copies of the form.

Nonresidential & Multifamily Residential Energy Code forms
Summary: Contains title, description, and option to download electronic forms used for the nonresidential & multifamily residential portions of the Energy Code (Chapters 11-16).