Our project is a student dorm on a university campus. The campus generates most of its power with their chilled water and co-generation plants and they purchase very little energy from the local utility. The Student Housing department will pay utility bills to the campus for energy use so there is an incentive for them to develop a load shedding strategy. In addition, the Central Plan is at max capacity so load shedding would also benefit the overall campus. Can our project pursue this credit, basically treating the campus central plant as the utility?
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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August 28, 2017 - 8:59 am
I think you need a LEED Interpretation. The intent of the credit is to affect the larger grid so I am not sure this would qualify. Maybe an ID credit?
Breffni O'Rourke
Sustainability ConsultantIntegral Group
January 22, 2020 - 5:25 pm
Hi Leilanie - did you get this resolved? I'm working on a similar campus project and looking for guidance.
Joyce Kelly
Architect - Cx Provider - Green Building SpecialistGLHN Architects & Engineers
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September 29, 2020 - 6:47 pm
Does anyone know if a building on a University Campus, where over 50% of power is not controlled by the local utility, is eligible to create a Demand Response plan to handle their own grid's load?
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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October 5, 2020 - 2:32 pm
Sounds like some grid connection so I think it would qualify. The question is what is the 10% calculated from, the total or just the part supplied by the grid. The conservative response would be the total.