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CS-2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
Advanced Energy Modeling for LEED states "Existing buildings with less than 50% renovation should not be rotated,...". How can one calculates renovation percentage of an existing building?
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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November 3, 2011 - 12:11 pm
Existing building in general do not need to be rotated. The percentage of renovation should not matter.
If you could cite the page where this quote comes from that would be helpful. I searched the document using the quote above and it did not turn up.
Morteza Kasmaei
PrincipalClimatic Design Inc.
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November 3, 2011 - 6:52 pm
Thanks Marcus, It is on page 7 under Baseline Case, Building Envelope column at the end of second paragraph.
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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November 4, 2011 - 10:17 am
The percentage of rennovation makes no sense at all. Perhaps it was attempting to refer to an addition that is greater than 50% of the exisiting triggering the rotation. I don't know of any requirement to do so but maybe it is in a LEED Interpretation.