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District Energy Application?

Scott Bowman

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Integrated Design + Energy Advisors, LLC

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December 14, 2010

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Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

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Tue, 01/11/2011 - 14:34

Scott, you may be aware of this, but the DES guide for EBOM came out about two weeks ago and is on the USGBC site. I would check that for the guidance you need.

Scott Bowman

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Tue, 01/11/2011 - 15:04

Tristan; I did see that, and opened it with great excitment, but alas, it only covers EA credits! So this is still an open question. However, as you read that document, I have to believe that applying credits to a DES where appropriate, with documentation of course, should be accepted.

Alexa Stone

ecoPreserve: Building Sustainability

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Wed, 04/06/2011 - 17:34

Tristan and Scott, I tried to answer the answer myself with your comments above BUT.... if we currently utilize our local utilities' DES for purchased chilled water, can we pursue this credit by working with the utility on their chemical management?

Scott Bowman

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Wed, 04/06/2011 - 20:48

At this point we just do not know. The project we have that may pursue this is very long term and no decision has been made, so we may not know for a while. My opinion, and it is only that, is if your provider can provide documentation that the comply with credit, then that should pass through to anyone that uses that service. Hopefuly USGBC will clarify at some point, or someone will try it and report it here!

Norma Lehman

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The Beck Group

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Tue, 03/18/2014 - 18:48

Any update on using the central plant to achieve compliance for an individual building in a university campus setting? We are working on an EBOM project located on a college campus and are wondering if we can achieve this credit by documenting the reduction in water consumption at the central plant. We do not have cooling towers at the building level; everything is located at the university's central plant. Any insight would be very helpful, thank you!

Norma Lehman

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The Beck Group

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Mon, 03/31/2014 - 17:31

All, i just received guidance on this from my LEED coach: Yes, project teams may pursue WEc4.1 and take credit for a building-owned cooling tower on campus that meets the credit requirements, even though it is not within the LEED project boundary. Note that all cooling towers that serve the project building must be accounted for.

Trista Brown

Project Director

WSP USA

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Tue, 04/08/2014 - 14:59

Hi Norma, I recommend checking out the Campus Guidance document for additional info - http://www.usgbc.org/resources/campus-guidance