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Energy Audits for Rural Small Businesses
Revised June 10, 2015
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) offers Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Improvement Loans & Grants to rural small businesses. USDA chose the University of Central Florida’s FSEC to provide a limited number of subsidized building energy audits to small businesses in rural Florida communities who are eligible for the grants and loans. Audit candidates must also meet FSEC criteria, which will be determined by a phone interview.
What is a building energy audit? An energy audit is an assessment of the energy use and energy saving opportunities in a building. The business or building owners play a role in the audit by providing utility bills and getting quotes for the improvements to facilitate cost-benefit calculations. The audit report provides recommendations and calculations that help applicants complete the technical sections of the Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Improvement Loan & Grant applications.
New Florida Energy Code Effective June 30, 2015. Sign Up for the Training You Need; Limited Time Discount Available
By Sherri Shields
June 4, 2015
Updated: July 01, 2015
New Florida Energy Conservation Code—5th Edition (2014)—is effective June 30, 2015*.
Residential energy code changes include:
- Building air leakage rate testing and limit requirements
- New prescriptive compliance requirements
- New performance compliance reference values
Commercial energy code changes include new methods for code compliance:
- ASHRAE prescriptive method
- ASHRAE energy cost budget method
- ASHRAE envelope trade-off option method
- IECC prescriptive method
- IECC performance method.
Get the updates and training you need. Sign up by July 31 for a $50 discount (use discount code “Newcode”) on the following courses:
- Updated Course: Florida Residential Energy Code Compliance: Methods, Tools, and Verification
Dates: June 23, Aug. 5, Oct. 30 - Updated Course: Florida Commercial Energy Code Compliance: Methods, Tools, and Verification
Dates: Aug. 4, Oct. 29 - New Course: Residential Building Air Leakage (Blower Door) Testing
Dates: June 29, July 9, July 23, Aug. 13, Aug. 27, Sept. 14, Sept. 17, Oct. 12, Oct. 19, Nov. 9, Nov. 23, Dec. 21
A complete list of FSEC courses can be found at: http://ce.fsec.ucf.edu/.
New LEED® Modeling Software Saves Time, Money for Sustainable Commercial Construction
October 24, 2014
Newly updated software offers construction-industry professionals substantial time-savings while completing required energy modeling calculations for LEED® and energy code projects. A limited-time discount is available.
Commercial construction companies have a new tool to help their clients build LEED® certified buildings faster and more efficiently thanks to the University of Central Florida’s Florida Solar Energy Center® (FSEC®).
FSEC® released the EnergyGauge® Summit Premier 5.00 software at this year’s Greenbuild conference in New Orleans. The conference is the premier event for sustainable building in the United States and draws thousands to learn about the latest technology and techniques. FSEC’s state-of-the-art software provides construction-industry professionals with the opportunity to substantially reduce the time required to complete energy modeling for the commercial construction LEED® rating system and code compliance using ASHRAE 90.1 or IECC.