Since the RECs (or equivalent) needs to meet 100% of the building’s energy use (in case of pursuing 6 points) does this mean that we need to wait until full completion of the performance period in order to get the accurate figure of energy use to reflect to the corresponding purchase? We are in the 11th month of the performance period (thus approaching the end of the 12 month period) so could we round the energy use to an estimate of the total including the 12th month remaining?
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Ben Stanley
Senior Sustainability ManagerWSP - Built Ecology
LEEDuser Expert
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December 1, 2015 - 5:00 pm
Hi Charalampos,
To be 100% accurate you would need to wait until the end of the performance period to purchase those RECs. But, if you need to purchase the RECs earlier for some reason, such as processing payment or catching a good price, I could see purchasing the RECs prior to the end of the performance period based on an estimate. If you ended up being short, the reviewer might be lenient if it's very very close to 100%. Worst case you would need to buy a small group of RECs to make up the difference at the end of the performance period.