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PASS FLORIDA’S ENERGY CODE EASILY AND COST-EFFECTIVELY
PASS FLORIDA’S ENERGY CODE EASILY AND COST-EFFECTIVELY
The 5th Edition Residential Florida Energy Code requires that:
Each house pass a Blower Door ( House leakage ) test with 7 air changes per hour (7 ACH50) or less (Effective July is, 2017)
Documentation of verified duct leakage test results is provided when declaring a value other than the default (prescriptive and performance path)
Mechanical ventilation is implemented for houses that test at 3 air change per hour (3 ACH50) or less for the blower door test
Is equipped for readily provide energy code compliance testing services and training throughout the entire state, to builders documentation is submitted to the building official immediately following a passing test.
Understands the importance of getting a Certificate of Occupancy on time, therefore we strive to make this new transition as easy as smooth as possible for everyone.
Energy code services include:
Blower Door Testing
Duct Leakage Testing
Energy Code Compliance Training (Blower Door & Duct Leakage )
Services for Single & multi-Family
Largest Urban Developments Are Going Green
Largest Urban Developments Are Going Green
Shanghai Tower, the tallest building in China and the second tallest in the world, recently achieved LEED Platinum for Core and Shell. The Tower, located at the core of Pudong’s growing Lujiazui finance and trade area in Shanghai, is 632 meters high.
LEED is the world’s most widely applied green building rating system and is currently used in more than 150 countries and territories across the globe. LEED CS (Core and Shell) is the certification for the envelope of a building, and Platinum is the highest level of certification a building can achieve. China is the second largest market for LEED in the world outside the United States, with 118.3 million gross square meters of space participating in the LEED green building rating system.
“As the tallest and one of the greenest landmarks in China, Shanghai Tower shows China’s responsibility and commitment to the world to improve the environment and boost the health of its people,” said Mahesh Ramanujam, Chief Operating Officer of USGBC. “Every story about LEED is a story about leadership, and leaders across the globe understand that LEED is a powerful tool that accelerates global market transformation of our built environment.”
The tower is a green building powerhouse buoyed not only by LEED, but also by China Three Star certification, which was awarded by China’s Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD).
Learn more here: http://www.usgbc.org/articles/world%E2%80%99s-second-largest-building-shanghai-tower-achieves-leed-platinum