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?
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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June 21, 2016 - 10:00 am
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.