HomeMy WebLinkAboutWOODLAND PARK PUD - FINAL - 19-94C - CORRESPONDENCE - CITY STAFF (10)• To release the hold on a Certificate of Occupancy, a site inspection will be required to verify
that the building was build to specs -- or if not, that the energy rating still meets the G-80
threshold. If the plans ratings are complete and designs have not changed, a rater should be
able to do the site check quite quickly, verifying no changes in dimensions and that the
thermal specs are indeed met. This inspection needs to be done when the home is close to
complete. Please remember to plan ahead for this in your schedule so that the C.O. is not
` delayed. I encourage you to discuss timing and fees with the rater ahead of time. Once the
rating is cbmplete and; the,score complies with the G 80 or above requirement, send me a
copy of the rating certificate and I'll release the hold on the C.O.
I'm enclosing some information on ENERGY SCORE and a list of the certified raters. Please
make sure that anyone building in this PUD is aware of the approval condition and how to
comply with it.
Please give me a call if you have any questions on the requirements or procedures. This should
work smoothly. I'd like to get your feedback as we work through the process so that we can
make this as simple as possible from everyone's perspective.
I look forward to working with you.
Sincer ,
Doug Swartz
Energy Services Engineer
cc: Ted Shepard, City of Fort Collins Planning Department
Peter Barnes, City of Fort Collins Building and Zoning Department
Terence Hoaglund, Cityscape Urban Design
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Mr. Brad Bennett
Chateau Custom Homes
8101 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 815
Englewood, CO 80111
3 April 1996
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Re: ENERGY SCORE condition for Woodland Park Estates PUD
Dear Mr. Bennett:
As you know, the Woodland Park Estates PUD was approved with a condition that all homes
built in the project attain an ENERGY SCORE of G-80 or above. This project is somewhat of
a test case in that only this and one other recent project have used this approach to gain Land
Development Guidance System approval from the city. We need to intemally work out
procedures to administer and enforce these conditions as these projects are beginning to be
built.
I met recently with representatives from the Planning and Building and Zoning departments to
discuss the approach that would be taken. What we decided to do is the following:
• Development holds will be placed on all building permits and C.O.'s for homes in the PUD.
These will be released as compliance with the ENERGY SCORE condition is
demonstrated.
• I, as the ENERGY SCORE project manager, am responsible for working out the details of
how compliance is demonstrated.
Here are the current plans:
• To release the -hold on a building permit, the builder will need to have an ENERGY SCORE
rating performed based on building plans and specs. If all the homes differ in design, a
rating will be needed on each plan. If multiple units will be built with the same plans and
specs, the number of ratings needed at this stage will be reduced, in that each unique plan
can be rated in its worst case orientation (i.e. least passive solar gain). If these ratings all
meet G-80 or above, so will those of all repeats, some of which will likely have more solar
gain.
Once the rating has been completed on a particular plan, send me a copy of the ENERGY
SCORE certificate and I'll release the hold on the permit. If it is a repeat of the same plan,
write me a letter stating that this address is a repeat of another address already rated, and
will be built with the same energy specs.
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