; (ii) resulting energy costs to individuals and businesses; and (iii) resulting overall annual building ownership and operating costs. (e) Technical assistance to States and Indian tribes (1) In general The Secretary shall, upon request, provide technical assistance to States and Indian tribes to implement the goals and requirements of this section, including procedures and technical analysis for States and Indian tribes— (A) to implement State residential and commercial building energy codes, including increasing and verifying compliance with the codes and training of State, tribal, and local building code officials to implement and enforce the codes; and (B) to document the rate of compliance with a building energy code. (2) Technical assistance The assistance shall include, as requested by the State or Indian tribe, technical assistance in— (A) evaluating the energy savings of building energy codes; (B) assessing the economic considerations, referenced in section 307(c)(5), of implementing building energy codes; (C) building energy analysis and design tools; (D) energy simulation models; (E) building demonstrations; (F) developing the definitions of energy use intensity and building types for use in model building energy codes to evaluate the efficiency impacts of the model building energy codes; and (G) complying with a performance-based pathway referenced in the model code. (3) Exclusion Technical assistance under this section— (A) shall not include actions that promote or discourage the adoption of a particular building energy code or code provision to a State or Indian tribe