DOD and USGBC Agremeent for BEQ and ASHRAE 90.1

I know that government runs on acronyms. Is BEQ - Bachelor Enlisted Quarters? If so is certainly sounds like residential.

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?

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

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.