Monday, May 5, 2008

Energy Gauge Summit Lighting Issue

We use Energy Gauge Summit to produce Forms 400A-2004R and 400B-2004R as required by Chapter 13 (Energy Efficiency) of the Florida Building Code. One of the issues we have had is getting information from the lighting designer in a form that can be easily and accurately entered into Summit. We created a spreadsheet for this purpose that we distribute to the lighting designer while he or she is doing their design. On a recent project, the lighting designer informed us that the spreadsheet showed only a 0.9 W/sq.ft. allowance for dining facilities while Table 13-415.2.B allows 2.1 W/sq.ft. if the space is considered "Family Dining". We sent a help ticket to the friendly folks at Energy Gauge and got this reply:

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