On a higher ed project, there is proposed metering of all energy and water usage for the LEED building that can be read from the building automation system. Regarding the MPR 6 requirements, the owner will have access to the required data for monthly posts to Energy Star Portfolio Manager. The sticky part is that the utility meters (whose data would be available to USGBC through the Utility Release) are not specific to that building, but to this building and several other campus buildings. Has anyone run into this before?
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Melissa Kelly
Sustainability SpecialistGensler
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March 1, 2016 - 3:28 pm
In this scenario, you may want to look at the LEED Campus Guidance for further information. In the past I've been advised to follow a campus/group approach where it makes sense on a higher education campus, even though my project was just a single building. For MPR 6, this guidance says "Buildings must individually meter and make available whole building energy and water usage data after certification."
If the owner is already setting up a Portfolio Manager account that's specific to the building, sharing that Portfolio Manager account with USGBC is the easiest way to meet the requirements. This is considered a "third party data source" and you shouldn't need to have the utility provide any additional information. If I'm misreading your question and the Portfolio Manager profile is for the whole campus, then you would be required to install meters or some other way to get whole-building energy and water consumption for just the LEED project building.