GoO (Guarantees of Origin) are European equivalent to United States' REC. They are are traded in the framework of the European Energy Certificate System.
We have project is Europe and we'd like to buy GoO in order to fulfill the EAc6. Are they recognized by LEED if they comply with the European Energy Certificate System (but not the Green-e)?
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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March 13, 2013 - 9:35 am
Daniela, the way this credit is currently written, you could only comply if the credits are equivalent to Green-e.
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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March 13, 2013 - 9:41 am
I am not aware of any system being granted a blanket equivalency to Green-e. Perhaps if you were to submit a LEED Interpretation a blanket equivalency could be granted. Maybe the GoO system would support you in doing so as a customer service. Otherwise you will need to demonstrate equivalency to the following section of the Green-e Energy Standard - Section II, III (excluding G), Section IV (excluding A), and Section V.
Karen Elliott
LEED AP ID+C & BD+CEcoteric Ltd
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July 7, 2016 - 10:00 am
Hi Francesco.
Did they accept GoO for your project in the end?
Thanks!
Francesco Allaix
MrL Arkkitehdit
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July 25, 2016 - 6:34 am
Hi Karen,
Yes we got it accepted using GoO. You just need to follow the European ACP. It required a bit of work from the utility to provide the proofs, but it went through!
Best of luck with your project!
Karen Elliott
LEED AP ID+C & BD+CEcoteric Ltd
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August 5, 2016 - 6:08 am
Thank you Francesco.
We have just had the review returned and the credit was awarded no problems. For anyone doing this credit in the UK, note that the OFGEM website / database of renewables contained everything we needed regarding the additional information required. The database is huge, so you will need to know information about the site the GoO are coming from, such as location, type of technology or accreditation date, just to help you narrow it down.