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Building Deficiencies: Conditions Test(Condition Deficiencies)—determining the ' combination of defects or deficiencies of sufficient total significance to justify substantial renovation or clearance. ' On-Site evaluations-Evaluation of each building was made by reviewing available information from city records and making interior and/or exterior evaluations, as noted, sometimes limited to public spaces. Deficiencies in ' structural elements, essential utilities and facilities,light and ventilation, fire protection including adequate egress, layout and condition of interior partitions, or similar factors, were noted by the evaluator. Condition Deficiencies may or may Snot include Code Deficiencies as defined below. Energy code compliance was not considered for the purposes of determining Condition Deficiencies. Deficiencies were combined and summarized for each building in order to determine their total significance. Building Deficiencies: Code Test(Code Deficiencies)—determining technical conditions that are not in compliance with current building code applicable to new buildings and the cost to correct the deficiencies: ' On-Site evaluations-Evaluation of each building was made by reviewing available information from city records and making interior and/or exterior evaluations, as noted, sometimes limited to public spaces. On-site evaluations ' were completed using a standard checklist format. The standard checklist was derived from several standard building code plan review checklists and was intended to address the most common, easily identifiable code deficiencies. ' Mechanical Engineers,Electrical Engineers, and Building Code Officials were also consulted in the development of the checklist. ' Deficiencies were generally grouped into the following categories(category names are followed by its applicable building code): ' • Building accessibility—Minnesota Accessibility Code • Building egress,building construction—Uniform Building Code • Fire protection systems—Uniform Building Code ' • Food service—Minnesota Food Code • HVAC(heating, ventilating, and air conditioning) —Uniform Mechanical Code ' • Electrical systems—National Electric Code and Minnesota Energy Code • Energy code compliance—Minnesota Energy Code ' For the purposes of determining the Code Test(Code Deficiencies),Energy code compliance is relevant because its criteria affect the design of integral parts of a ' majority of a building's systems. The intent of these criteria is to provide a means for assuring building durability, and permitting energy efficient operation (7676.0100). The energy code addresses general building construction(all forms 7