In our initial design review we have inventoried the new equipment and have achieved 89.87% Energy Star rated Equipment. We understand that there is no rounding up so consequently this small miss will mean our project will lose the additional point for being at 90% and the additional point for exemplary performance. Once we accept the design review comments, if there have been additional purchases that took place before our construction submittal, would those be acceptable for review? My client has been very conscientious in purchasing energy efficient equipment, and we would like to see them get the credit.
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Paul Conrad
Energy EngineerCLEAResult Consulting
346 thumbs up
July 26, 2010 - 1:40 pm
Mary,
Was the credit already reviewed and awarded according to the earlier numbers? If so, then you're pretty much stuck. You can't have them re-review the credit. If you haven't yet submitted the credit to be reviewed, then you can change it.
Sorry,
Paul
Mary Davidge
PrincipalMary Davidge Associates
23 thumbs up
July 27, 2010 - 12:05 am
Hi Paul,
We have not yet accepted the design review but I suspect that it would still be difficult to request a second review.
Thanks!
Mary
Lauren Sparandara
Sustainability ManagerGoogle
LEEDuser Expert
997 thumbs up
July 27, 2010 - 1:20 am
Hi Mary,
After you receive your final review for your design submittal, LEED Online (USGBC) gives you the option to indicate which credits you'd like re-reviewed because items have changed between your design submittal and your construction submittal.
I think that this would be a situation that falls within that realm. It's a tricky thing, where you have this one opportunity (from my experience on LEED Online) to open up individual credits between the Design Review and the Construction Review to have them re-reviewed in the Construction Review.
Most people never do this (even if changes really have occurred between the Design Submittal and the Construction Submittal) because they figure that they have been awarded the point and don't want to address it again.
I think you could take this approach in this scenario because things really have changed between your design submittal and your construction submittal.
Hope that helps,
Lauren