Dear all,
We are working on three similar buildings in Serbia. Energy consumption of all three buildings is being uploading to the Energy Star Portfolio manager. Thing is that one building achieved score of 64 which is almost 10 points less than other two. Reason is, that this building has a quite extensive roofed atrium inside and therefore office sqft/kWh ratio is lower than in an average office building without an atrium inside.
Has anybody an idea how to deal with it?
Thank you in advance!
Michael Opitz
Director of SustainabilityIconergy
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April 24, 2012 - 8:53 pm
Jiri:
One option is to separate out the roofed atrium space, and its associated floor area, in the building description within ENERGY STAR and assign it a different type of space usage.
Lourdes Salinas
THREE Consultoría Medioambiental1 thumbs up
April 1, 2013 - 10:16 am
Hi all,
Just to make sure we are on the right track, the "USGBC's alternative energy performance calculator for non-ratable buildings" that Mike is talking about is the "EAc1 EBOM 2009 Case 2 Calculator V1.xls" found in the credit resources in LEED Online? I haven't been able to find a document called "USGBC's alternative energy performance calculator for non-ratable buildings" and I would like to make sure I have all the documentation.
If anyone can confirm my suspicion or direct me to the appropriate document it would be much appreciated.