Mrs. Womble,

I recently met with Mr. Kegelman who showed me a fascinating map that illustrated energy intensity in the Gainesville grid.  I was hoping you could provide me a copy as well, and perhaps tell me some more about it. Actually, a bunch of questions arose....

Does the map exist in .pdf format? Yes, see the attachment

In case it is, is there a URL you could point me to?

What time period are these averages drawn from?  It is my understanding from technical staff that the data was drawn from calendar year 2003. When was this map created? First quarter of 2005.

The map indicates normalization per 1000 ft2, is it in 100 ft2 increments, or 500 ft2 or to the ft2?

Is there a database or list that ranks users in order? For example, customer x ranks 1265th in the pack, customer y 432nd? No, the map is not customer based

Without counting the colored dots, does a list exist, or is the database queriable to answer how many ft2 is red, how many ft2 is blue etc? Is there a way to create a pie chart that shows energy intensity across the color ranges? Color ranges are based on quintiles, equal number per color

Is this map an ad-hoc product, or did it come as part of a report or survey? Ad-hoc

Was the map created using the County Property tax data as a reference, or another list which tracks 'conditioned space' information? County Property Appraisers

Is this the first map of its genre, or is this done periodically, and is there also a map that shows changes over time?  This is the first map and no, there is not a map that shows changes over time.

Is there a map that shows solar resources in the Gainesville area, and a derivative product that shows which homes/buildings are fit for solar equipment? None that our professional staff is aware of.

Can this map, or is there a map that distinguishes residential homes from rental apartments? No

I know this a bunch of questions all at once, but I really appreciate your help in this matter.

Mark van Soestbergen

6651 NW 23rd Ave

Gainesville, FL, 32606-8400

Jill,

thanks for the quick response. This really helps!

Some things are not clear to me. The quintile thing, does it mean there are an equal number of green service points as there are red service points? How could that be? Do the service points neatly divide into five equal portions? Yes

The map legend states AvgOfMonthlyAvgKWH; what does that mean, it seems there is one too many average. Is it the average of Jan, Feb.... totaled and then divided by 12?  Technical staff does not understand the question based on the map provided

In the letter to Mr. kegelman, you mention the electric intensity is per 1000 of square feet. Is that so? In other words, is the intensity categorized 0 to 1000 ft2, 1000 to 2000 ft2 , and so on? Are the brackets in 1000 ft2 segments? No it is a continuous function.

Could this map generating software be used in a similar fashion to show water and gas consumption? No, not with currently available data.

And last, as I am collecting various maps of infrastucture etc., of Gainesville, if it is not too much trouble, could I have a hard copy a-la Mr. Kegelman?

Thank you, thank you!

- Mark

Jill,

Thanks a bunch, I will be picking up the map soon. I guess I'm beginning to understand better how the map was created, except you could you tell me one more time what AvgOfMonthlyAvgKWH means? Can you give it to me in the form of an example? At times I'm conceptually challenged, but always do much better when I can look at an example.

Hope that is no too much trouble for technical staff... please let them know I understand this eats their (and your) time, and that I really appreciate it.

- Mark