Hi Bill,
Will the standard permit package be the drawings and checklist in the
Inspector Guidelines
http://www.irecusa.org/fileadmin/user_upload/NationalOutreachPubs/InspectorGuidelines-Version2.1.pdf
or the drawing at
http://solarabcs.net/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=137&&Itemid=72
It would be very useful to have a national standard for permit packages for
both residential and commercial PV systems. Something like:
Cover Sheet
Table of Contents
General Description
Site Plan
Roof Plan
One-Line Electrical Diagram
Equipment Layout Drawing
Wire and Conduit Calculations
Component Specifications Sheets.
Of course, some projects will require more documentation, but a standardized
permit package would eliminate a lot of Building & Safety Departments'
ambiguous subjectivity.
Best regards,
Joel Davidson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Brooks" <[email protected]>
To: "'RE-wrenches'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:58 PM
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Ryan and Matt,
There are significant efforts underway to standardize permitting. Too many
efforts are going on that will cause a proliferation of different ideas,
rather than standardization. The ICC Tri-Chapter document is good, as it
is
based on the SMUD document, but it falls significantly short of providing
standardization. It has the all-encompassing statement, "8) The
installation
of the PV system shall conform to the requirements of CEC Article 690 and
any other applicable articles or standards." That makes this document very
nearly worthless since it is not specific.
Solar ABCS (URL www.solarabcs.org) has commissioned me to develop an
Expedited Permitting process that brings together the best of what has
been
done up to now. These efforts include not only the ICC Tri-Chapter work,
but
also SolarTech, my Inspector Guidelines, and John Wiles checklist. The
basis
is to have a process whereby a jurisdiction could do an over-the-counter
permit for single-phase, residential-sized, PV systems. This is the real
need in the PV industry. There are similar needs in the SDHW market.
The draft of this document will be available very soon. It will be going
out
for internal review to a few folks this week. The draft version will be
available for comment within a month. The key to this document is a
standardized electrical diagram. This also makes the process easier to
accommodate an on-line permit submittal process.
Bill.
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