I have a project that is using a district steam system; modeled under the streamlined path. I used the reference "Treatment of District Energy or Campus Energy in LEED v2 and LEED 2009 - Design & Construction". My questions are as followed.

1. Does my virtual fuel rate for the district system seem invalid?

I calculated the virtual fuel using the equation in the reference. The value obtain from the calculation for the district steam rate is $43.3 / therm, which seems very high for a rate. The minimum energy performance calculator flags my value and asks for a narrative justifying the value.

The virtual rates used to determine the district steam rate are below:

     Virtual Gas Rate: $0.93/therm; Virtual Electrical Rate: $ 0.1387/kWh

     Calculation Method: District Steam Rate = ($ 0.93/therm)*(1therm/100 MBtu)*(1.81) + ($0.1387/kWh)*(3) = $0.433/MBtu = $43.3/Therm

2.  how do i determine the number of points i earned ?

The table just offers the cap, but does not offer the point distribution for the district system, do i just interpolate for the points. The minimum energy performance calculator downloaded from USGBC does not offer any information for the point distribution from the DES

Any help would be deeply appreciated.

-Luigi Festa