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Our project is outside the U.S. We would like to earn this credit by purchasing RECs, but there are no Green-e options available here. It looks like most Green-e certified power comes from the U.S. What should we do?

We are pursuing this credit outside the U.S., and the owner wants to know if we can buy green power through a provider in our country that is not Green-e certified. We started comparing our national standard to Green-e and quickly found an area where the

Our project will be net-zero energy, i.e. will produce as much or more power than it consumes. Can we earn this credit?

The owner has purchased RECs for a percentage of energy use of its whole portfolio of buildings, or campus. Can we earn this credit for a single LEED building with this purchase?

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The owner purchases RECs based on an earlier prediction, but our energy model is now showing that we are just a little short of the credit threshold. What should we do?

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NC-2009 EAc6:Green power

dedicated wind farm

Erin Holdenried

Sustainable Design Director

Bell Architects

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June 17, 2016

I have a project with a dedicated wind farm. The wind farm is offsite, built by a 3rd party with a contract to supply 100% of the project's electricity usage for 10 years. Would this be considered equivalent to RECs? Thanks,

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Marcus Sheffer

LEED Fellow

7group / Energy Opportunities

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Tue, 06/21/2016 - 14:00

RECs are a related issue but I think you want to know if this will qualify toward earning EAc6. Hard to say for sure but probably not. Offsite renewable energy systems can qualify under EAc2 and count toward EAc1. Check out LEED Interpretations 10161 and 2616. You will need to provide more information on the nature of the off site location and the contract. If the RECs have been sold then they must be replaced. So you may be able to count it under EAc2/EAc1 but probably not under EAc6.

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