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m COMMISSIONER SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT COMMISSIONERS OF COUNTIES TO THE SOUTH OF US FEEL THIS ENERGY CODE IS WRITTEN FOR THE NORTHERN - STATES AND DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION SOME SPECIAL ADVANTAGES THE SOUTHEAST HAS. PETER ROBINSON, A DEVELOPER AND MEMBER OF THE BUILDING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, NOTED THAT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE STATE DOES NOT GIVE YOU AN OPTION AS TO ADOPTING AN ENERGY CODE; IT JUST GIVES YOU A CHOICE OF EITHER THE PROPOSED CODE, THE NixBIX CODE, OR THE NATIONAL CODE DEVELOPED BY HUD. HE STATED THAT, OF THESE CHOICES, THE PROPOSED CODE IS THE BEST. MR. CALMES AGREED AND NOTED THAT NIXBIX (THE NATIONAL CONFER- ENCE OF STATES ON BUILDING STANDARDS) BREAKS ENERGY USES INTO ABOUT SIX ZONES, BUT THE FLORIDA MODEL GOES ONE STEP FURTHER AND BREAKS OUR ZONE INTO NINE DIFFERENT ZONES DEPENDING ON WEATHER CONDITIONS, ETC., AND, THEREFORE, IT DOES ALLOW A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY. MR. CALMES INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS MADE QUITE A FEW CALCULATIONS AND FINDS THAT INSULATION WILL HAVE TO BE ADDED TO SOME DWELLINGS. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE CODE ALLOWS TRADE OFF•OF AREAS, IF, FOR INSTANCE, IT IS LESS EXPEN- SIVE TO PUT INSULATION IN THE CEILING THAN IN THE WALLS. HE STATED THAT HE DID SOME ESTIMATIONS ON A»10,000 SQ. FT. COMMERCIAL BUILDING IN THE SHAPE OF AN "L" WHERE THE INSIDE WAS ALL GLASS AND FOUND THE BUILDING MET THE CODE WITHOUT ANY CHANGES. + CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF THE CODE EXEMPTS MULTI -FAMILY, AND MR. CALMES STATED THAT IT DOES NOT. THE CHAIRMAN EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE CODE MIGHT MAKE IT PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD FLORIDA -TYPE HOMES WITH TRIPLE GLASS SLIDING DOORS. -MR. CALMES FELT IT WILL NOT PROHIBIT THIS, BUT IT WILL INCREASE �`. COSTS SOME, ALTHOUGH IDEALLY THESE COSTS WILL BE RECOVERED BECAUSE YOU ARE INSULATING THE BUILDING BETTER, COMMISSIONER DEESON ASKED IF 1,500 SQ. FT, REFERS TO GARAGES, UTILITY ROOMS, ETC., AND MR. CALMES STATED THAT IT DOES NOT. 20 Bom 39 PACE 270