Agenda• Welcome • Go SOLAR Grant Mid-Year Status Update• On-going Challenges

– In-kind Exchange Agreement for Structural Designs• Potential solutions from committee members

– Broward County existing contract – possible scope• Overview of draft electrical schematics comments • Next steps

– Review of final permit package by:• Building officials from all partner cities• Board of Rules and Appeals• Florida Solar Energy Center

– Training of the Go SOLAR online permitting system– Official launch of the Go SOLAR online permitting system– Evaluate the use of the Go SOLAR online system – Partner cities will focus on inspection process and Department of Energy Market Assessment

• AdjournNext Meeting and Facility Tour: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - U.S. Solar Institute in Fort Lauderdale 10:00 a.m.

Go SOLAR Broward Rooftop Solar Challenge Mid-Year Status Update• August 15, 2012 concluded the sixth month of

the Go SOLAR program, a half-way point for the yearlong grant, which concludes on February 14, 2013

Grant Deliverables Completed• Permitting strategy review • Development of the permitting web

application• Completed well before the grant deadline

Tasks Performed• Developing a committee structure and conducting routine committee meetings to

ensure a collaborative implementation of the grant objectives, including the Standardized Permitting, Planning and Zoning, Steering, Outreach, and Financing committees.

• Conducting a kick-off meeting.• Reviewing market assessments to develop a grant strategy.• Developing and implementing a branding strategy.• Development of a Go SOLAR web site.• Developing and beginning implementation of a Go SOLAR marketing plan and

beginning initial coordination with partner Public Information Officers to effect that plan.

• Development, testing, and release of the Go SOLAR web based permitting system, now active and ready to be populated with design plans.

Tasks Performed• Conducting a series of webinars for building officials and stakeholders on the Go

SOLAR online permitting system• Implementation of an accounting process to capture work invested in Go SOLAR

from among Broward County and its fourteen participating partner cities.• Conducting on-going building official meetings, where accomplishments to date

include agreement on one web based permitting site, one permitting fee Development of an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) capturing building official consensus and as of the writing of this article, acceptance of that ILA by eight of the fifteen county and municipal partners.

• Coordination with Fire Marshalls and the Board of Rules and Appeals.• Development of a model zoning ordinance in support of rooftop photovoltaic solar

installations and adoption of that ordinance by three of the fifteen county and municipal partners.

Tasks Performed• Hiring of a grant funded Marketing Associate.• Development and publishing of an in-kind agreement for rooftop photovoltaic

solar system design plans to populate the web based permitting system.• Development of draft electrical schematics to be used with the design plans.• Acquisition and installation of the computer hardware to host the permitting

system.• Development of Standard Operating Procedures to govern use and

maintenance of the new system.• Acquisition of the hardware of Go SOLAR kiosk in Governmental Center West.• Development of Net Metering best management practices.• Development and publishing of a Go SOLAR newsletter.

On-going Challenges• In-kind Exchange Agreement for Structural

Designs– Potential solutions from committee members

• Broward County existing contract – possible scope– DOE Approval

Possible Scope

Table 1. Typical roof types for South Florida.

Roof Slope Covering Decking Structure Spacing

3:12 to 5:12 Shingle 1/2" Plywood 2 x 4-truss 2 x 8-rafter 24" O.C.3:12 to 5:12 Flat tile " " " "3:12 to 5:12 Barrel tile " " " "3:12 to 5:12 Metal " " " "Flat Bituminous " " " "Flat Bituminous Concrete

Zone 1 & Zone 2• 2 kW with detailed rail to roof attachments for all roof types listed in the table.• 3 kW with detailed rail to roof attachments for all roof types listed in the table.• 5 kW with detailed rail to roof attachments for all roof types listed in the table.• 10 kW with detailed rail to roof attachments for all roof types listed in the table.• 15 kW with detailed rail to roof attachments for all roof types listed in the table.

Draft electrical schematics comments

• Items labeling• Voltage drop• Conductors specifications• Type of approval process • Use Best Current Practice (BCP) for Design

Review

Next Steps• Review of final permit package by:

– Building officials from all partner cities– Board of Rules and Appeals– Florida Solar Energy Center

• Training of the Go SOLAR online permitting system• Official launch of the Go SOLAR online permitting system• Evaluate the use of the Go SOLAR online system • Partner cities will focus on inspection process and

Department of Energy Market Assessment

• Next Meeting and Facility Tour: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - U.S. Solar Institute in Fort Lauderdale 10:00 a.m.

For more information:www.broward.org/gogreen/gosolar