Dear All,
I have three questions:
- We are applying for a commercial interior project, we received our final review (after prem. review) I received a new comment that wasn't mentioned in a prem. review stage, should we go for an appeal review or there is anything else we can do?
- If we choose to go for an appeal review the comment indicates that: The decorative and retail luminaires must be included in the calculations to demonstrate compliance.
However in the ASHRAE standard 90.1-2007/9.2.2.3 : any such lighting shall not be exempt unless it is an addition to general lighting and is controlled by an independent control device.
which in our project there are decorative items with separate control that I excluded them from the calculations.
- How many times can I submit for an appeal review?
Can anyone help ASAP?
Thanks!
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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August 4, 2015 - 9:24 am
The reviewer is not supposed to comment on something new in the final review if they missed it in the preliminary review. If it was based on new information you provided in response to the preliminary review comments then they can hold you accountable.
So if the reviewer made a mistake you can challenge it via the GBCI Contact Us. If not then you need to appeal.
In order to be exempt the lighting in question needs to be on the list of exceptions. Decorate/retail lighting is not on the list (except for retail display windows). Section 9.6.2 does allow additional lighting allowance for some decorative and retail lighting.
Hopefully you only need to appeal once, however, you can appeal as many times as you like and are willing to pay for.