---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 434.505"
title: "10"
number: "434.505"
heading: "Reference building method."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/434.505"
---

# §434.505. Reference building method.


505.1 The Reference Building procedure shall be used only when the Proposed Design cannot be represented by one or a combination of the Prototype Building listed in subsection 503.1 or the assumptions for the Prototype Building in Subsection 510, such as occupancy and use-profiles, do not reasonably represent the Proposed Design.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6831-6832, 6834-6836; 42 U.S.C. 8253-54; 42 U.S.C. 7101, et seq.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 60012, Oct. 6, 2000, unless otherwise noted.