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Our project has a large process load—75%. Despite our efforts to make an efficient HVAC design, the cost savings are minimal. What can we do to earn this prerequisite and be eligible for LEED certification? Is there any flexibility in how we model the p

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Our process load is higher than 25%. Do we have to justify that?

Do I need to justify the electrical and fuel rates I am using in my model?

Our local code references ASHRAE 90.1-2010. Should I use that for my documentation, or 90.1-2007?

Can I claim exterior lighting savings for canopy lighting even though a baseline model cannot include shading elements?

The project is built on a site with existing exterior lighting installed. How should this be accounted for?

Can mezzanines open to floors below be excluded from the energy model?

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Do hotel rooms need automatic light shut-off control?

How commonly are the 90.1 mandatory compliance forms submitted as part of EAp2/EAc1?

The Section 9 space-by-space method does not include residential space types. What should I use?

Can the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) be used to energy model for LEED?

Is it acceptable to model a split-type AC with inverter technology compressor as a heat pump, like modeling VRF?

Can the Trace 700 'LEED Energy Performance Summary Report' by uploaded to LEED Online in lieu of the Section 1.4 tables spreadsheet?

A portion of our building envelope is historic. Can we exclude it from our model?

Which baseline HVAC system do I use if my building has no heating or air conditioning?

For an existing building, do I need to rotate the model?

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CS-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance

Alternative Compilance Path EAp2 - EAc1

Hello, I’m working in a Core & Shell building in Bogota, Colombia. The project was signed up in Leed Online in April 2016 (V3 – LEED 2009), therefore V07 form appears for EAp2 and V06 form for EAc1. In these forms I can’t mark that I’m going to use the Alternative Compliance Path (ACP EAp2-c1). How should I document the additional points? I have 15% of savings, which means 4 points, but if I use the ACP the project will get 17 points. Is the ACP integrated in the minimum energy performance calculator? If it is integrated, how should I use it? Thanks.

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Tue, 05/10/2016 - 19:55

It does not show up because the new forms were created for v4 and then revised for 2009. This ACP is not applicable to v4. I would provide the spreadsheet along with a narrative explanation.

Wed, 05/11/2016 - 15:35

Thank you Marcus As you know, in V05 form, projects not located in the United States were not able to get a Target Finder Score. In V07 form, must international projects use this tool?

Wed, 05/11/2016 - 18:38

I think that exemption still applies.

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