I received a document by NAVFAC, which includes a statement that DOD and USGBC have agreed that BEQs are to be considered commercial facilities for transient populations under ASHRAE Std 90.1. I am not able to find the source of neither this statement nor any supporting documents through DOD, NAVFAC, GBCI, USGBC or WBDG. Does anyone have experience with this or access to the source agreement document?
Thank you,
Suzanne Johnson
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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July 12, 2013 - 4:43 pm
I know that government runs on acronyms. Is BEQ - Bachelor Enlisted Quarters? If so is certainly sounds like residential.
Suzanne Johnson
Director of Sustainablity-FederalParsons Brinckerhoff
July 12, 2013 - 4:47 pm
Yes, Bachelor Enlisted Quarters. I agree about being residential, however, we have the statement from NAVFAC and are seeking the source OR to find that it is an error of sorts.
Marcus Sheffer
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July 15, 2013 - 9:06 am
We do LEED reviews under contract to GBCI (and have done some BEQs) and have not seen that memo or heard about this agreement. That does not mean it that is does not exist however. Have you contacted GBCI?
Suzanne Johnson
Director of Sustainablity-FederalParsons Brinckerhoff
July 15, 2013 - 9:42 am
Thanks for the response, Marcus. Yes, I've asked GBCI and am waiting for the response.
Katrina Rosa
OwnerThe EcoLogic Studio
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July 19, 2013 - 12:39 pm
I have submitted many BEQs to the GBCI and have never needed to convince them that these buildings are anything other than commercial LEED BD&C buildings. This is primarily because they do not usually have a fill kitchen and are, therefore, not eligible under the LEED for Homes Rating System. It was not necessarily anything i found in writing. It was simply the definition surrounding the kitchen that made it a commercial rather than residential project. Hope this helps
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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July 22, 2013 - 10:13 am
I agree that these projects are not necessarily LEED for Homes qualified. If they are 3 stories and under they fall into a grey area. 4 stories and over they are clearly BD+C projects.
There are many residential projects that fall under the BD+C version of LEED (as defined by 90.1).Residential spaces include, but are not limited to,
dwelling units, hotel/motel guest rooms, dormitories, nursing homes, patient rooms in hospitals, lodging houses, fraternity/sorority houses, hostels, prisons, and fire stations.