FLORIDA BUILDING COMMISSION

GREEN BUILDINGS FORUM

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC AWARENESS

Monday, October 1, 2007

Tampa, Florida

Embassy Suites Hotel;
3705 Spectrum Blvd, 33612;
813.977.7066

Meeting Objectives

• To Review Workshop Participation Ground-Rules.

• To Hear an Overview of Energy Conservation Workgroup's Scope and Charge.

• To Solicit Input on Key Issues and Options Regarding Recommendations for Developing a Model Efficiency Ordinance for Residential Development.

• To Solicit Input on Key Issues and Options Regarding Recommendations for a Public Awareness Campaign that Promotes Energy Efficiency and the Benefits of Building Green.

• To Review Next Steps and Project Delivery Schedule.

All Agenda Times—Including Public Comment and Adjournment—Are Subject to Change

Meeting Agenda

1:00 Welcome and Introductions

1:10 Agenda and Workshop Process Review

1:20 Review of Public Input Workshop and Energy Conservation Workgroup Scope

1:30 Issues and Options for Model Ordinance Input

2:45 Break

3:00 Issues and Options for Public Awareness Campaign Input

4:15 Overview of Energy Conservation Workgroup Delivery and Meeting Schedule

4:25 Next Steps

4:30 Adjourn

Contact Information: Jeff Blair; 850.644.6320; jblair@mailer.fsu.edu ; http://consenus.fsu.edu

Project Webpage: http://consensus.fsu.edu/FBC/ECW.html

ENERGY CONSERVATION WORKGROUP

PROCEDURAL GROUND-RULES

MEMBER'S ROLE

The Workgroup's meeting process is an opportunity to explore possibilities. Offering or exploring an idea does not necessarily imply support for it.
Listen to understand. Seek a shared understanding even if you don't agree.
Be focused and concise—balance participation & minimize repetition. Share the airtime.
Look to the Facilitator to be recognized. Please raise your hand to speak.
Speak one person at a time. Please don't interrupt each other.
Focus on issues, not personalities. Avoid stereotyping or personal attacks.
To the extent possible, offer options to address other's concerns, as well as your own.
Represent and communicate with member's constituent group.

FACILITATOR'S ROLE

Design and facilitate a participatory meeting process.
Provide consensus-building and conflict resolution guidance.
Assure that participants follow ground rules—Assist participants to stay on task.
Facilitate public participation and input.
Prepare agenda packets and provide meeting summary reports.

GUIDELINES FOR BRAINSTORMING

Speak when recognized by the Facilitator.
Offer one idea per person without explanation.
No comments, criticism, or discussion of other's ideas.
Listen respectively to other's ideas and opinions.
Seek understanding and not agreement at this point in the process.

THE NAME STACKING PROCESS

Determines the speaking order.
Members raises hand to speak. Facilitator will call on participants in turn.
Facilitator may interrupt the stack (change the speaking order) in order to promote discussion on a specific issue or, to balance participation and allow those who have not spoken on a issue an opportunity to do so before others on the list who have already spoken on the issue.

ACCEPTABILITY RANKING SCALE

During the meetings, members will be asked to develop and rank options, and following discussions and refinements, may be asked to do additional rankings of the options as refined. Members should be prepared to offer specific refinements to address their reservations. The following scale will be utilized for the ranking exercises:

Acceptability

Ranking

Scale

4 = acceptable, I agree

3 = acceptable, I agree with minor reservations

2 = not acceptable, I don't agree unless major reservations addressed

1 = not acceptable

ENERGY CONSERVATION WORKGROUP

OVERVIEW OF PROJECT SCOPE

Develop a Model Energy Efficiency Ordinance for Residential Development.

The Energy Conservation Workgroup will work with FSEC to develop recommendations for a model efficiency ordinance for residential development. FSEC will provide additional research and support by identifying and soliciting input from local governments and other organizations with current and developing initiatives for energy conservation, green building and sustainable development, including but not limited to, energy and water conservation and hurricane resistant buildings and communities.

Commission Workplan Task

22. Develop a model energy efficiency ordinance for residential development

	Establish work group of stakeholders identified in law	9/07
	Work group meetings	9/07 – 11/07
	Draft ordinance delivered by work group	12/12/07
	Commission public hearings	12/12/07
	Recommendation finalized for report to 2008 Legislature	1/30/08
	Report to 2008 Legislature	2/08

Develop and Implement a Public Awareness Campaign that Promotes Energy Efficiency and the Benefits of Building Green .

The Energy Conservation Workgroup will work with FSEC to develop recommendations for developing and implementing a public awareness campaign that promotes energy efficiency and the benefits of building green and implement the components deemed feasible within the funds available through this contract. The public awareness campaign shall include website, trade show, print media and television strategies. FSEC will provide additional research and support by identifying strategies for using print advertising, press releases, and television advertising to promote voluntary utilization of energy efficiency and green building practices and to present recommendations to the Commission at the December 2007 meeting for approval. The campaign shall focus on the benefits of promoting energy efficiency to the purchasers of new homes, the various green building ratings and labels available, and the promotion of various energy-efficient products through existing trade shows.

Commission Workplan Task
24. Develop and implement public awareness campaign on energy efficiency and benefits of Green Buildings

	Establish work group of stakeholders identified in law	9/07
	Enter into contract for support services	8/07
	Work group meetings	9/07 – 10/07
	Plan Phase I approved by Commission	10/10/07
	Website enhanced	10/07 – 12/07
	Website launched	1/08
	Plan Phase II approved by Commission	12/07
	Phase II of campaign launched	2/08

Energy Conservation Workgroup Members

Appointment will be made by Chairman Rodriguez during the October 2007 Commission meeting.

Meeting Schedule

	Date	Location
Meeting I	October 1, 3007	Tampa
Meeting II	October 31, 2007	Gainesville
Meeting III	November 28, 2007	West Palm Beach

Legislation

This sections of the legislation relevant to the Commission's Green Building tasks are provided for informational purposes.

SB 2802 Enrolled 2007 Legislature

Section 48. (1) The Florida Building Commission shall convene a workgroup comprised of representatives from the Florida Energy Commission, the Department of Community Affairs, the Building Officials Association of Florida, the Florida Energy Office, the Florida Home Builders Association, the Association of Counties, the League of Cities, and other stakeholders to develop a model residential energy efficiency ordinance that provides incentives to meet energy efficiency standards. The commission must report back to the Legislature with a developed ordinance by March 1, 2008.

(3) The Florida Building Commission, in consultation with the Florida Solar Energy Center, the Florida Energy Commission, the Florida Energy Office, the United States Department of Energy, and the Florida Home Builders Association, shall develop and implement a public awareness campaign that promotes energy efficiency and the benefits of building green by January 1,2008. The campaign shall include enhancement of an existing web site from which all citizens can obtain information pertaining to green building practices, calculate anticipated savings from use of those options, as well as learn about energy efficiency strategies that may be used in their existing home or when building a home. The campaign shall focus on the benefits of promoting energy efficiency to the purchasers of new homes, the various green building ratings available, and the promotion of various energy-efficient products through existing trade shows. The campaign shall also include strategies for utilizing print advertising, press releases, and television advertising to promote voluntary utilization of green building practices.