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Seated
Representative Marti Coley
Standing - Left to right
Bruce White – White Starr, Inc.
Dave Cartes, Ph.D. - Florida State University / Center for Advanced Power Systems
Ron Reed - KORE Consulting Group
Julie Starr Sanford – White Starr, Inc.
Lupita McClenning – Zev Cohen & Associates, Inc.
Ryan Bird –KORE Consulting Group
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Grant Funds Requested- $1,802,567; Grant Funds Offered - $1,802,567
Cost Share Amount- $4,885,904
Project Objectives: Sky presents a new model for growth to predominantly rural
Calhoun County by advocating compact development and the preservation of open
space by applying advanced integrated community based renewable energy system
technologies. Rather than consuming former agricultural land with sprawl, Sky clusters
its development into villages and hamlets, offering compact and walkable communities
within a greater natural and agricultural environment.
Sky intends to minimize energy requirements and maximize renewable energy
utilization to support the community while maintaining the comforts and quality of life
expected by its residents. This will be done by integrating the architectural and
engineering designs that will minimize energy requirements, maximize the use of
renewable energy, and provide common services where economies of scale can bring
added efficiency.
It is White Starr’s belief that the demonstration of optimally integrated energy reduction
techniques, renewable energy resources, and overall system automation will serve both
Sky’s objectives and need for continued progress in how new communities approach
development and land use in Florida as well as the goals set forth by Governor Bush
and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in the 2006 Florida Energy
Plan and the mandate by the Florida Legislature for an expanded role for renewable
energy in the State.
Project Description: This project will study and develop approaches to harmoniously
accommodate and integrate renewable and sustainable energy technologies with the
human-scale quality-of-life and environmental goals embodied in “New Urbanism”
community designs.
The effort will be aimed at producing innovations which can be demonstrated in the
Sky Community. The principles regarding Sky’s environmental and sustainable
building policies will be embedded in the town’s urban and architectural plan and
codes, which include:
1. Common chilled water or geothermal heat pump loops will circulate thermally
conditioned fluids through the neighborhood as required. Residential electrical
consumption patterns show that approximately two thirds of the loading are HVAC
related. A centralized chilled/heated water plant will apply best available
commercial technology to the development. Consumption will be measured using
BTU metering where customer loops are attached to the main services. This will
significantly reduce the HVAC electrical loading component of the development.
2. Solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal treatments will be integrated in the roof
tiling designs. The PV is expected to generate from 2 to 4 kW per unit during the
day. Excess energy generation will be stored in local battery or fuel cell arrays for
use at night.
3. Biomass plans for utilization of open spaces and waste to generate biomass to be
sold or given to biomass conversion stakeholders. The availability of agricultural
land due to Sky’s location and land preservation design provides a unique
opportunity to create infrastructure and development, biomass utilization will be a
positive philosophical and aesthetic component of the community.
4. Economic Dispatch of Supply and Demand Side Resources will be managed by
distributed supervisory control and data acquisition system to minimize operational
costs without affecting resident comfort.
5. Architecturally engineered space designs that will employ high thermal inertia
building materials, highest efficiency insulation, ducting, glass treatments, zoned
HVAC, variable speed air handling, lighting, and appliances that will minimize
electrical load requirements while maintaining expected levels of comfort and
service.
6. Water/wastewater treatment poses significant opportunity for efficient energy
management since exothermic and endothermic reactions are taking place which can
provide significant energy source, utilization, and storage.
Expected impacts include demonstrated reductions in per unit energy requirements
using high efficiency architectural designs, best available renewable energy
technologies, shared commercial HVAC loops, and networked supervisory control
systems.
Major participants: White Starr, Inc., Florida State University’s Center for Advanced
Power Systems, University of North Florida and Kore Consulting Group.
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