I am still a bit unclear about the the M&V - Tenant Submetering documentation. The credit Upload EAc5.2-1.say to " Provide the tenant Measurement & Verification (M&V) plan." However from what I can piece together from this forum, it really isn't a "M&V Plan", as that would be created by the Tenant, if and when, they pursue CI certification. It is more of a description of the submetering capabilities of the C&S building. So would this "plan" be more along the lines of the "Tenant Construction Guidelines": addressed to future Tenants detailing the submetering options and explaining how this could help them achieve EAc3, should they pursue CI certification?
The credit form also states: " Describe the process for corrective action to ensure energy savings are realized if the results of the M&V plan indicate that energy savings are not being achieved." Again, if this really isn't a M&V plan and more of a "explaining the infrastructure plan", then is it reasonable to be expected to provide "Specific" information regarding the corrective action strategy? We could just regurgitate the examples in the credit language, but that may or may not be applicable to a future M&V plan.
Our C& S project has a quite extensive submetering infrastructure all tied back to a central BMS; just want to make sure we provide the Reviewers with the documentation they need, in order to award the credit.
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
5909 thumbs up
December 22, 2016 - 10:00 am
You are correct. This is mostly about the metering infrastructure that will enable tenants to achieve the M&V credit in LEED CI.
The corrective action piece has never made much sense to me since this is not really M&V; it is more like M. This portion of the plan is not heavily scrutinized in my experience. It can be pretty generic and general in nature. I think of it more as - how can this data be used to help verify the overall energy savings and ensure that the operation of the facility is is in alignment with expectations.
Charles Nepps
NH Green Consulting97 thumbs up
December 22, 2016 - 11:12 am
Thanks Marcus. I included description of:
The submetering systems, (in this case already installed),
Explained how they can be tied into the BMS,
Explained LEED CI and how the submetering helps achieve EAc3...at least it did under v2009 ...and
Included some cut sheet for the meters.
For corrective actions I did use some of the examples in the credit language and came up with a couple others...hope it's enough!