WSEC R406.2 changes.pdf
Unfortunately, it is not a nonissue. The compliance paths noted on sheet A2 for each of the units to develop the
required additional energy credits required by WSEC R406.2 were to install energy efficient water heaters.
In units 101 and 104 the selected option 5a requires a water heater to have an EF of 0.62 for fuel gas or 0.93 for
electric, so it would be easy to substitute one for the other. However, the remaining units (102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108,
109, and 110) were larger and required more credits to be developed. The selected option 5b requires a water heater to
have an EF of .82 for fuel gas or an electric heat pump type with an EF of 2.0.
There are a number of other ways that the additional 1.5 energy credits can be developed for the larger units, but the
methods are typically associated with space heating HVAC systems. The choice(s) are yours but the choice(s) need to be
incorporated into the plans by submitting a revision to the Permit Center.
Kristin,
I trust you are well and are staying busy.
At Brakett Court, BLD20140240-0244, things are finally moving along much faster now that we have
most of the difficult utility issues behind us.
But I have two questions.
First, (and this may be a nonissue) a contractor is planning on installing energy efficient electric hot
water heaters. He was worried that we had originally specified gas fired hot water tanks. I cannot
locate any of that documentation regarding electric versus gas. All I see is the form where we stated
that we were using a normal tank style hot water heater and that it would be energy Star rated. Any
idea how to check on that? It is going to be very difficult to do the venting for a gas hot water tank
given the fire blocking design and the firewalls between units.
Second, we finally sat down and looked at the landscape architects plan that was approved by the
design review board two years ago. We probably should have looked at it sooner. But as a layperson,
even without a green thumb, it seems like many of the proposed trees and shrubs are species that
are going to be much too big at maturity for the spots that they are specified for. Also, it is not clear to
me that the landscape architect really understood how shady much of our site will be.
What is involved in getting a revised landscape plan approved? I am assuming it would need to go
before the design review board?
Thanks much
Steve
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Steve Price, MAI, CRE
Terra Property Analytics, LLC
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