MINUTES
Energy Technical Advisory Committee
To the
October 7, 2010
1:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.
Webinar and Conference Call
A
quorum was achieved with the following voting members present:
Ron Bailey, Brent Caldwell,
Bob Cochell, Jan Geyselaers, Dale Greiner, Larry Maxwell, Rafael Palacios, Roger
Sanders, Drew Smith, Rob Vieira representing Philip Fairey, and David
Wojcieszak.
DCA and Commission staff
attending included: Mo Madani, Rick Dixon, Jeff Blair, Ann Stanton and others.
The meeting was
called to order at 1:00 PM by Chairman Dale
Greiner. The agenda and minutes of the August 25, 2010, TAC meeting were
approved.
The TAC
reviewed DCA10-BC-167, a Request for Relief from requirements of Chapter 13 of the Florida Building Code by ARUP USA, Inc. concerning
a proposed new Miami Art Museum, based on Section 13-101.1.5, Limited or
Special Use Buildings, and passed the following motion unanimously:
To the petitioner’s request that the Miami Art Museum be
granted Special Use status as allowed by Section 13-101.1.5 of the Florida
Building Code, Building, and that Petitioner be allowed to demonstrate
compliance with Chapter 13 of the Florida Building Code, Building, using a hybrid method for calculating the Museum’s
energy usage, the
answer is
Yes, the Miami Art Museum should be granted Special Use status based on
its need to protect artwork through increased air recirculation in accordance
with relevant criteria in the ASHRAE HVAC Applications Handbook, and may comply with Chapter 13
of the Florida Building Code
by Proponent’s proposed hybrid methodology subject to the clarification that
the Baseline budget to which the building is compared is Chapter 11 of ASHRAE
90.1-2004 with a 0.85 multiplier.
The meeting was adjourned
at 2:00 PM.
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