1. Compliance Software Tool Approval Technical Assistance Manual
Florida Building Code, Energy Conservation, 5th Edition (2014)

2. Overview Review TAM & Standards Compliance Methods
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Overview
Review TAM & Standards
Compliance Methods
Formulate Test Cases
Evaluation Procedure
Vendor’s Requirement
Reporting Requirements
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3. 6/26/2014
Project Summary
Review and Update the TAM per the Florida Building Code: Energy Conservation, 5th Edition
Formulate New Test Cases & Evaluation Procedure for each Compliance Method
Six Test Cases to use for Residential Prescriptive Methods
Five Test Cases for Residential Performance e-Ratio
Sixteen Test Cases for Commercial Performance Method
Six Test Cases for Commercial Prescriptive Method
One Test Case for Envelope Trade-Off Method
Each Commercial Test is Evaluated for Two Climate Zones
Update Existing Test Cases (only for residential)
Provide Standard Reference Test Results
Define Reporting and Submittal Requirements
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4. Introduction & Overview of Process Types of Approval
Vendor Requirements
User’s Manual and Help System Requirements
Managing User Inputs
Residential Energy Compliance Software Programs
Commercial Energy Compliance Software
Alternative Compliance Software Test
Appendix
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5. Code Compliance Options
Residential
Prescriptive R-value Method
Prescriptive U-factor Alternative Method
Prescriptive Total UA Alternative Method
Performance Method
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6. Code Compliance Options
Commercial Buildings
FEC Prescriptive Method
FEC Total Building Performance Method
ASHRAE Prescriptive Method
ASHRAE Envelope Trade-off Method
ASHRAE Energy Cost Budget Method
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7. Technical Approach & Work Done
Commercial: Activities Overview
Review of Existing Manual, Applicable Standards, COMNET, and Florida Building Code, Energy Conservation, 5th Edition (2014)
Identify the Code Compliance Methods Requirements
Formulate New Test Cases for Each Method
Create Standard Reference Design and Performance Requirements
Design Evaluation Procedure
Define Reporting and Submission Requirements
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8. Commercial Evaluation Approach
Compliance Options – Test Cases
Prescriptive (FEC and ASHRAE)
Two Prototype Building (Six Test Cases)
Envelope Trade-off (ASHRAE)
One Prototype Building (One Test Case)
Performance (FEC and ASHRAE)
Prototype Buildings (Sixteen Test Cases)
Software Vendor’s enters the proposed building inputs to their software and generate the standard reference building requirements and envelope performance factors. Record the results into the evaluation spreadsheets.
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9. Commercial Evaluation Approach
Test Cases: Prototype Building Summary
“CommercialCodeComplianceTestSuite.xls”
Test Suite Buildings
Application
Number of Floors
Total Floor Size, ft2 A1
Office 1
22,500 A3 3
67,500
A20 20
450,000 B1
Retail, Supermarket
40,000 C1
Manufacturing, Warehouse
160,000 D7
Mixed use: Retail, Office, and Multifamily 7
179,400 E1
Mixed use: Retail, and Warehouse
90,000
The spreadsheet contains the proposed prototype building inputs.
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10. Prototype Building A1: Office
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Prototype Building A1: Office
Test Suite Buildings
Application
Number of Floors
Total Floor Size, ft2 A1
Office 1
22,500
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11. Prototype Building A3: Office
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Prototype Building A3: Office
Test Suite Buildings
Application
Number of Floors
Total Floor Size, ft2 A3
Office 3
67,500
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12. Prototype Building A20: Office
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Prototype Building A20: Office
Test Suite Buildings
Application
Number of Floors
Total Floor Size, ft2
A20
Office 20
450,000
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13. Prototype Building B1: Retail, Supermarket
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Prototype Building B1: Retail, Supermarket
Test Suite Buildings
Application
Number of Floors
Total Floor Size, ft2 B1
Retail, Supermarket 1
40,000
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14. Prototype Building C1: Manufacturing, or Warehouse
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Prototype Building C1: Manufacturing, or Warehouse
Test Suite Buildings
Application
Number of Floors
Total Floor Size, ft2 C1
Manufacturing, Warehouse 1
160,000
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15. Prototype Building D7: Mixed Use (Retail, Office & Multi-Family)
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Prototype Building D7: Mixed Use (Retail, Office & Multi-Family)
Test Suite Buildings
Application
Number of Floors
Total Floor Size, ft2 D7
Mixed use: Retail, Office, and Multifamily 7
179,400
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16. Prototype Building E1: Mixed Use (Retail and Warehouse)
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Prototype Building E1: Mixed Use (Retail and Warehouse)
Test Suite Buildings
Application
Number of Floors
Total Floor Size, ft2 E1
Mixed use: Retail, and Warehouse 1
90,000
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17. Commercial Evaluation Approach
Results & Evaluation
Prescriptive (FEC and ASHRAE)
CommercialPrescriptiveMethodsResults.xls
Envelope Trade-Off (ASHRAE)
CommercialEnvelopeTradeOffMethodResults.xls
Performance (FEC and ASHRAE)
CommercialPerformanceMethodsResults.xls
Each workbook contain expected results per the standard reference design requirements and performance results and a place holder for the Vendor’s software generated results for side-by-side comparison.
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18. Commercial: Prescriptive Options
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19. Commercial: Performance Options
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20. Commercial: Envelope Trade-Off
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21. ASHRAE Standard 140 tests for Commercial software
For software supporting Performance Based Compliance:
ASHRAE Standard 140 Test Certification
The compliance software provider shall submit a certificate to the commission indicating that the code compliance software engine meets the requirements of the Standard 140 tests.

22. Technical Approach & Work Done
Residential: Activities Overview
Review of Existing Manual, Applicable Standards, and 2014 Florida Building Code
Identify Compliance Methods Requirements
Formulate New Test Cases & Updated Existing Ones
Create Standard Reference Design & Performance Requirements
Design Evaluation Procedure
Define Reporting & Submission Requirements
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23. Residential: Validation Approach
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Residential: Validation Approach
Prescriptive Methods
R-value Method
U-factor Alternative Method
Total UA Alternative Method
Six single family detached home designs were formulated for testing the prescriptive methods. Each test case is evaluated using the three methods. The test methods, assumptions, evaluation results and procedures are summarized in a standalone spreadsheet (Since June 15, 2014 we combined house description, UA-Calculation, and Residential Prescriptive Compliance Test 2014).
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24. Prescriptive: House Description
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25. Prescriptive: UA-Calculation
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26. Prescriptive: U-Calculation
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27. Prescriptive: R-Value Validation
Software Vendor enter their results in the yellow cells
Selects dropdown menu for most entries
Must enter the software calculated average Fenestration U-Factor and SHGC
List of mandatory requirements included
For mandatory they can choose “Not Part of Software”
If the software calculates all the expected results the “Test Results for Software” will “PASS”
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28. Prescriptive: U-Factor Validation
Software Vendor enter their results in the yellow cells
Selects dropdown menu for most entries
Must enter the software calculated average Fenestration U-Factor and SHGC
List of mandatory requirements included
For mandatory they can choose “Not Part of Software”
If the software calculates all the expected results the “Test Result ” will “PASS”
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29. Prescriptive: Total UA Validation
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Prescriptive: Total UA Validation
Software Vendor enter their results in the yellow cells
Must enter the software calculated total UA for the proposed and standard reference home
We allow 2% Range for the total UA calculation knowing that software may use different properties for construction materials
List of mandatory requirements included
For mandatory they can choose “Not Part of Software”
If the software calculates all the expected results the “Test Result ” will “PASS”
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30. Residential: Validation Approach
Performance Method
The five test cases were updated to test vendor’s software capability of generating the standard reference design from proposed design building only
HVAC Equipment Performance Tests
Hot Water System Performance Tests
Duct Distribution System Efficiency Tests
Five new tests were created to evaluate code compliance using e-Ratio method
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31. Performance Method: e-Ratio Test
Test Description (New test cases created)
Case L130A-01: Using the HERS BESTEST L130 case for Orlando, create a 3-bedroom Proposed Home containing the following equipment:
Heating system – electric HP with HSPF = 7.7
Cooling system – electric A/C with SEER = 13.0
Hot Water – 40 gal electric with EF = 0.92
Equipment, Ductwork located inside the conditioned space and have zero (0) air leakage.
Case L100A-02: Identical to Case L130A-01 except that the hot water heater is changed to a tankless natural gas with EF = 0.82.
Case L100A-03: Identical to Case L130A-01 except that the space heating system is changed to a natural gas furnace with AFUE = 78%.
Case L100A-04: Identical to Case L130A-01 except that the space heating system is changed to a high efficiency HP with SEER=17 and HSPF = 10.
Case L100A-05: Case L130A-01 except the space heating system is changed to a high efficiency natural gas furnace with AFUE = 96%.
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32. Performance: e-Ratio Validation
Acceptance Criteria:
The reported Reference Home End Use Loads (REULs) vary by less than 0.2% across all cases.
The difference between the e-Ratios calculated by the software tool and the e-Ratios calculated by the results spreadsheet provided by the Florida Building Commission is less than 0.5% for all cases.
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33. Residential: Validation Approach
Performance Method: Results Workbooks
2014_Florida_AutoGen_results-form.xls
DHW_results-form.xls
DSE_results-form.xls
FL_eRatio-results_form.xls
FL-HERS_BESTEST_results-form.xls
HERS_BESTEST_results-form.xls
HVAC_results-form.xls
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34. Submission Cover Sheet
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35. Thank you Questions?