We are installing a building dashboard at the School's main entrance Lobby which will display energy consumption in real-time and compare with a baseline. This information will be accessible to the public, stadd, students at the lobby and also online. I believe the information is good from the educational standpoint and also it can alert staff when one of the systems is not performing as planned, and they can fix the problem quickly. Can I submit an ID credit based on this? has anyone tried this with any success in the past. Typically GBCI will request some way of measuring the environmental benefits, but I cannot think right now of a good way to measure these benefits and what can it be copared against.
Any ideas?
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11474 thumbs up
November 8, 2012 - 3:00 pm
Eri, the dashboard would likely be accepted as an ID credit as part of a comprehensive education plan—not on its own, in my opinion. See our guidance above on educational programs for more background.
Eri Spaulding
Ashley McGraw Architects, DPC106 thumbs up
November 8, 2012 - 3:45 pm
Tristan, I thinking about naming the ID credit something like "Real-time Energy Consumption Tracking". The installation of the dashboard would be the strategy.
I would not want to go down the road of establishing a comprehensive educational program around this, as we are also attempting the 'School as a Teaching Tool' credit. Perhaps the most valuable environmental benefit would be to quickly detect a problem that is causing high consumption (say, an open window, etc.) and fixing it therefore avoiding further energy waste. The Educational aspect is a plus, and can be exploited as a teaching tool, as many other "sustainable" features of the building (such as photovoltaics, pre-heat walls, vegetated swales, etc.) that are also helping on other credits.
Any thoughts? should I just try and see if it flies?...of course I would let you know.
Thanks for your help.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11474 thumbs up
November 8, 2012 - 8:02 pm
Eri, you could try it. My guess is that it won't fly, but I'm happy to be proven wrong. The reasons I don't think it will fly is that the main benefits are captured under other credits (IDc3, EAc5, and MPR6), and this is a single technology that doesn't represent a comprehensive program for measurable environmental benefit.
Eri Spaulding
Ashley McGraw Architects, DPC106 thumbs up
November 9, 2012 - 10:21 am
Yes, I understand. I had similar thoughts and believe you are right. I will try anyway and see what happens.
Thanks!