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31B-230 (4) is • DANIEL OCONNELL'S SONS, INC. TELEPHONE GENERAL CONTRACTORS ESTABLISHED (413) 534-5667 1879 480 HAM PDEN STREET HOLYOKE,MASS. 01040 September 1, 1978 Aga1"'\\', 1 •y • The Massachusetts Building Code Commission 6 > ' 1 Ashburton Place Boston, Mass. 02108 Attention: Mr. David Miller Re: St. Michael's House State Street Northampton, Mass. Dear Sir: • We propose to renovate an existing high school building to provide eighty (80) apartments for elderly persons, with funding provided by H.U.D. I 4 The heating system will be an oil fired, central boiler, with hot water distributed to the individual apartments. The cooling system will be a centrally located electrically powered • chiller with chilled water distributed to the individual apartments. • There will be no individual apartment heating or air conditioning • • equipment other than a 500 watt bathroom baseboard controlled by thermostat and light switch. All bathrooms are interior rooms with no heat loss to outside walls. On the basis of the above design information, we request an exception be granted to paragraph 2204.55 of the Massachusetts Building Code requiring that each dwelling unit in a multi-family building be separately metered. Yours very truly, DANIEL •'CONNELL'S SONS, INC. 1 By � � \: JJC/p - .-s J onway . .of 5, y..C eer ..) ..., ____ „.., ,.., / .,. . , .. J1e rommomvead o/ eAcoac/a eg;— ':°;:_t 4= Mate £&&? bode fommi.1.4cem. MICHAEL S.DUKAKIS ,Ahn *� VoXq� Ak 0/we egat of GOVERNOR A o,f/ �j/ O FRANCIS W.GENS iJG�G e/Y�009j off,/ p CHAIRMAN C/ , ,4,44.4. m ce, e/Y odor, 02 0 CHARLES J.DINEZIO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (617) 727-6916 September 8, 1978 Mr. James J. Conway Chief Engineer Daniel O'Connell 's Sons, Inc. 480 Hampden Street Holyoke, MA 01040 Re: St. Michael 's House State Street Northampton, MA Dear Mr. Conway: The Energy Committee of the State Building Code Commission has ruled that a waiver from the individual apartment metering requirements of Section 2204.55 shall be granted for publically financed (HUD, DCA, etc.) housing for the elderly where the heating system is gas or oil fired and there is no provision to install individual air conditioners in each unit. The conditions you cite for the above referenced project in your letter of September 1 , 1978 meet these requirements. Although you are providing air conditioning, it is centrally fired and does not affect individual apart- ment electric consumption. As long as the construction proceeds as stated in your letter, individual apartment meters are not required. Sincerely, STATE BUILDING CODE COMMISSION David R. Miller Energy Program Management • DRM:dmmm cc: l ecil I . Clark Building Inspector, Northampton, MA