This document is organized in five chapters and several appendices, as follows:

Chapters and descriptions:

1. Overview
   The purpose, organization, and content of the manual.
2. General Modeling Procedures
   An overview of the modeling process, outlining the modeling rules and assumptions that are implemented in the same way for the standard design and the proposed design, and procedures for determining system types and equipment sizes.
3. Compliance Software Requirements
   Requirements for the simulation engines and implementation of compliance rules used to make calculations, and special reporting requirements for nonstandard building features.
4. Content and Format of Standard Reports
   The content and organization of the standard reports produced by qualifying compliance software.
5. Nonresidential Building Descriptors Reference
   The acceptable range of inputs for the proposed design and a specification for the standard design for nonresidential buildings.
6. Multifamily Building Descriptors Reference
   The acceptable range of inputs for the proposed design and a specification for the standard design for multifamily buildings.

In addition, there are several appendices that contain reference material supporting definition of the proposed design and standard design. The numbering for these appendices generally aligns with the chapter numbers in the main manual that reference the appendices.