The Saranac is a renovationa and historic preservation of a 4 story hotel. The building will be converted into a multi-use facility that will include housing, offices, sysmposium space, theater and restaurant uses. The building is designated as a contributing structure to the Downtown Spokane National Historic district. the building is also on the local Historic Register and is subject to review of the local Landmark Commission. The design restrictions will result in restoring the storefront and primary elevations to 1900 era appearance. In our case the entire building will be renovated but the esterior appearance of the building will remain largely unchange with the exception of the addition of exterior sun shades on the non-primary elevations. The building systems will be replaced. Can the buildings existing envelope chariteristics be used to extablish the energy usage baseline per ASHRAE 90.1 (Section 4.1.2.2)?