The intent of this credit is to "Achieve increasing levels of energy performance above the baseline in the prerequisite standard to reduce environmental and economic impacts associated with excessive energy use." The requirements of Option 1 of this credit are as follows: - Demonstrate a percentage improvement in the proposed building performance rating compared to the baseline building performance rating per ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2004 (without amendments) by a whole building project simulation using the Building Performance Rating Method in Appendix G of the Standard. Table G3.1, number 5.a. in Appendix G of the Standard concerns orientation. The baseline requirement is as follows: - The baseline building performance shall be generated by simulating the building with its actual orientation and again after rotating the entire building 90, 180, 270 degrees, then averaging the results. The building shall be modeled so that it does not shade itself. The exception that we would like to take is as follows: - The intent of the baseline requirement is to encourage thoughtful orientation of a building that results in energy savings. The Project is an exception to this approach. The orientation of the ballpark is not negotiable because of sun direction and the function of the ballpark. The shape of the facility and orientation of ancillary spaces, is fixed due to the orientation and shape of the playing field. The ballpark\'s orientation is not site related. The orientation would generally be the same whether the ballpark was on a constrictive site or constructed on a site where orientation could be optimized for energy savings. - We would like to model the baseline building performance and the proposed building performance with the same orientation-the project\'s actual orientation. We ask that this exception is made for the project.