Evaluating the Economic Impacts of the Legislatively Delayed Provisions of the 5th Edition (2014) Florida Building Code (Final Report)

Primary Author(s)

Florida Solar Energy Center
Robin Vieira, Florida Solar Energy CenterFollow

Secondary Author(s)

Sonne, Jeffrey; Sutherland, Karen; Lasrado, Vernet; McIlvaine, Janet; Withers Jr., Charles; Gilyeat, Sharon; Schrumpf, Lauren; Houston, Michael M.

Report Number

FSEC-CR-2024-16

URL

http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FSEC-CR-2024-16.pdf

Keywords

Buildings; Economic impacts; Building code; Legislation; Residential ventilation; Fire service access

Abstract

This research provides an assessment of the potential economic impacts of implementing three legislatively delayed requirements of the Florida Building Code, 5th Edition (2014): 1) residential air leakage testing, 2) residential whole-house mechanical ventilation, and 3) two fire service access elevators for applicable buildings.

Date Published

5-1-2016

Identifiers

124

Subjects

Building laws; Economic impact analysis; Ventilation; Fire prevention; Dwellings

Local Subjects

Buildings

Type

Text; Document

Contributor (Linked Data)

Houston, Michael M. [LC]

Collection

FSEC Energy Research Center® Collection

STARS Citation

Florida Solar Energy Center and Vieira, Robin, "Evaluating the Economic Impacts of the Legislatively Delayed Provisions of the 5th Edition (2014) Florida Building Code (Final Report)" (2016). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 124.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/124