Hi Marcus
Your comments and Suggestions were valuable for my understanding on doing my LEED EM for Data Center. I would like to confirm on my understanding. I have a 7 storey building of which 5 floors are data center, 2 floors are ancillary office spaces. Total GFA of DC alone is 25,000 Sqm while the office/other spaces account to 10,000 Sqm. So can I say since since my primary function of my building is DC I cannot use the exception under G3.1.1 to use System 3 or 4 for DC space. Rather should use System 7 or 8 for the DC spaces while the exception would be applied for the normal office spaces which would be modeled with System 3 or 4 as their operating hours and loads differ significantly from the DC. Please advise.
Marcus Sheffer
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June 9, 2015 - 11:02 am
That sounds correct to me.
Rajesh Balachander
June 10, 2015 - 3:52 am
Thanks Marcus. Additionally am also doing a Fabrication CleanRoom LEED and have a few questions on it. Is there a separate thread to read on clean room exceptions. I do have a few CIR and references for but have some additional questions on this.
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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June 10, 2015 - 9:06 am
If the exceptions are related to energy, this is the place.