FAQs about EAp2 :

The project is built on a site with existing exterior lighting installed. How should this be accounted for?

Can mezzanines open to floors below be excluded from the energy model?

How do I provide a zip code for an international location?

For a project outside the U.S., how do I determine the climate zone?

For a project outside the U.S., how do I determine the Target Finder score?

Do hotel rooms need automatic light shut-off control?

How commonly are the 90.1 mandatory compliance forms submitted as part of EAp2/EAc1?

The Section 9 space-by-space method does not include residential space types. What should I use?

Can the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) be used to energy model for LEED?

Is it acceptable to model a split-type AC with inverter technology compressor as a heat pump, like modeling VRF?

Can the Trace 700 'LEED Energy Performance Summary Report' by uploaded to LEED Online in lieu of the Section 1.4 tables spreadsheet?

A portion of our building envelope is historic. Can we exclude it from our model?

Which baseline HVAC system do I use if my building has no heating or air conditioning?

For an existing building, do I need to rotate the model?

Our project has a diesel backup generator. Should we include it in our energy model?

Our project has a large process load—75%. Despite our efforts to make an efficient HVAC design, the cost savings are minimal. What can we do to earn this prerequisite and be eligible for LEED certification? Is there any flexibility in how we model the p

Can SHGC be higher in the proposed than in the baseline model?

Our process load is higher than 25%. Do we have to justify that?

Do I need to justify the electrical and fuel rates I am using in my model?

Our local code references ASHRAE 90.1-2010. Should I use that for my documentation, or 90.1-2007?

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NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance

Changes during Design Review

Hi, We are currently responding to LEED Reviewer comments for a building. We have 5MW of PV on site which is not pre allocated so we allocated what was required to hit the points we needed and got a letter from the client (this was accepted by the reviewer) However It is looking like we may lose a credit elsewhere and the team wants to increase the amount of PV allocated to offset this so we would resubmit with an extra point....is this valid? It raises my eyebrows a little but i can't actually pin point whats wrong with it or see any official guidance against this (technically the client could more available than they first thought for this project so it could be seen as a design change but then perhaps that would need to be done at the construction review). I am concerned the reviewer may have other guidance and will have grounds to reject. Thanks Victoria

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Tue, 09/15/2015 - 19:29

You can certainly do so. Nothing wrong here so you can lower your eyebrows again.

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