I am having trouble completing the WEp1 form. Since there won't be any fixtures installed as part of this C&S project, there is no fixture schedule to upload. Compliance will be shown on the lease agreement, which I have uploaded to the credit form. However, even with the lease agreement uploaded, the form is still showing an "N" for compliance because the schedule isn't uploaded. Since I do not have a schedule to upload, how do I get around this and complete the form to show a "Y"? Or can I just submit as-is with the lease agreement uploaded and showing "N" with and explanation under special circumstances? Can a project even be submitted with prerequisites showing "N"? Would appreciate any help you can provide. Thanks
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Kristina Bach
VP of InnovationSustainable Investment Group
151 thumbs up
August 24, 2012 - 10:43 am
One though would be to provide a “Plumbing Fixture Maximum Schedule” which succinctly lists out the LEED-applicable fixtures and the set maximum allowed flush/flow rate (i.e. "Water Closets: All installed water closets must have an average flush rate of XX gpm or less...") and then also provide a cut sheet of an example product which meets that criteria. Having that extra document would make it really clear to your review team and would help reinforce that you've set a realistic maximum for your tenants (i.e. there are fixtures available at/below that noted flush/flow rate). Then your WEp1 Prerequisite Form calculations will reinforce that, when all your tenants follow those lease requirements, the building will definitely achieve at least the minimum 20% reduction as required. Making this extra document wouldn't be a completely extra/wasted effort as you could build that document into the WEp1/WEc3 section of your Tenant Guidelines and help strengthen your SSc9 submission at the same time.
In any case, you can definitely submit with the WEp1 Prerequisite Form still displaying a “N.” After you submit it, reviewers are still able to review it and either award/pend it based on your other documentation regardless of whether that box actually says "Y" or "N". That box is more a tool for us to confirm that we've gone through all of the necessary sections/provided all of the necessary documentation.