Remove "or typical occupancy, whichever comes first” from the Performance requirements.
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Requirements
Establishment
Install new or use existing building-level energy meters or submeters that can be aggregated to provide building-level data representing total building energy consumption (electricity, natural gas, chilled water, steam, fuel oil, propane, etc). Utility-owned meters capable of aggregating building-level resource use are acceptable.Performance
Compile meter data into monthly and annual summaries; meter readings can be manual or automated. Commit to sharing with USGBC the resulting energy consumption data and electrical demand data (if metered) for a five-year period beginning on the date the project accepts LEED certification. At a minimum, energy consumption must be tracked at one-month intervals. This commitment must carry forward for five years or until the building changes ownership or lessee. See all forum discussions about this credit »What does it cost?
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Addenda
7/1/2016 – Updated: 7/1/2016
Rating System Correction
Description of change:
Campus Applicable
Yes
Internationally Applicable:
Yes
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© Copyright U.S. Green Building Council, Inc. All rights reserved.
Requirements
Establishment
Install new or use existing building-level energy meters or submeters that can be aggregated to provide building-level data representing total building energy consumption (electricity, natural gas, chilled water, steam, fuel oil, propane, etc). Utility-owned meters capable of aggregating building-level resource use are acceptable.Performance
Compile meter data into monthly and annual summaries; meter readings can be manual or automated. Commit to sharing with USGBC the resulting energy consumption data and electrical demand data (if metered) for a five-year period beginning on the date the project accepts LEED certification. At a minimum, energy consumption must be tracked at one-month intervals. This commitment must carry forward for five years or until the building changes ownership or lessee.Cost estimates for this credit
On each BD+C v4 credit, LEEDuser offers the wisdom of a team of architects, engineers, cost estimators, and LEED experts with hundreds of LEED projects between then. They analyzed the sustainable design strategies associated with each LEED credit, but also to assign actual costs to those strategies.
Our tab contains overall cost guidance, notes on what “soft costs” to expect, and a strategy-by-strategy breakdown of what to consider and what it might cost, in percentage premiums, actual costs, or both.
This information is also available in a full PDF download in The Cost of LEED v4 report.
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Our utility meters cover all energy supplied to the building. Do we have to install more meters to earn this prerequisite?The answer to this question is available to LEEDuser premium members. Start a free trial » (If you're already a premium member, log in here.) |
7/1/2016 – Updated: 7/1/2016
Rating System Correction
Description of change:
Remove "or typical occupancy, whichever comes first” from the Performance requirements.
Campus Applicable
Yes
Internationally Applicable:
Yes
LEEDuser expert
Ben Stanley
WSP - Built Ecology
Senior Sustainability Manager
