MINUTES

Energy Technical Advisory Committee

To the FLORIDA BUILDING COMMISSION

 

March 30, 2010

10 a.m.

Teleconference Call

Tallahassee, Florida

 

A quorum was achieved with 8 of 11 voting members present:  Brent Caldwell, Bob Cochell, Carlton Evans for Jan Geyselaers, Dale Greiner, Larry Maxwell, Roger Sanders, Drew Smith and David Wojcieszak. 

 

DCA and Commission staff attending included: Mo Madani, Rick Dixon, Jeff Blair, Marlita Peters and Ann Stanton.

 

The meeting was called to order by Facilitator Jeff Blair. The agenda was approved. The minutes of the October 5, 2009, TAC meeting were approved.

 

The TAC reviewed the Request for Relief from Heath Baxa of ME Engineers for the Florida Marlins Ballpark. After a review of the staff analysis and a description of the project by Mr. Baxa, the following points were made by TAC members: 

  • The project should be 15% more stringent than ASHRAE 90.1, not 12%.
  • Petitioner’s estimate that the building will be used 5% of the time was challenged.
  • It was felt that a life cycle analysis should be done to determine if 12% is justified.
  • It is highly likely that the building owner will use the facility for other events.
  • Petitioner is willing to use Chapter 11 of ASHRAE 90.1 and demonstrate 15%.

 

Based on the discussion and on the staff analysis, the TAC approved the following motion unanimously.

To the petitioner’s request, that the Florida Marlins Ballpark in Miami, Florida, be granted Special Use status as allowed by Section 13-101.1.5 of the Florida Building Code, Building, and that an adjustment of the code’s 15% energy code savings be calculated using a hybrid method for calculating the Ballpark’s energy usage, the answer is that the Commission should allow determination of code compliance by Petitioner’s proposed methodology if the Annual Whole Building Energy Cost Savings is changed to 15 percent and Chapter 11 of ASHRAE 90.1-2004 is utilized instead of Appendix G. Spaces to be used all the time shall be brought into code compliance by EnergyGauge Summit Fla/Com, while the ballpark bowl may be brought into compliance through use of the E Quest computer program.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 10:40 a.m.; it was unanimously approved by the TAC.

 

 

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