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Our project is outside the U.S. We would like to earn this credit by purchasing RECs, but there are no Green-e options available here. It looks like most Green-e certified power comes from the U.S. What should we do?

We are pursuing this credit outside the U.S., and the owner wants to know if we can buy green power through a provider in our country that is not Green-e certified. We started comparing our national standard to Green-e and quickly found an area where the

Our project will be net-zero energy, i.e. will produce as much or more power than it consumes. Can we earn this credit?

The owner has purchased RECs for a percentage of energy use of its whole portfolio of buildings, or campus. Can we earn this credit for a single LEED building with this purchase?

We plan on pursuing this credit only if we need to do so to meet our certification target, i.e. if another credit we are counting on gets rejected. How late can we apply for this credit?

The owner purchases RECs based on an earlier prediction, but our energy model is now showing that we are just a little short of the credit threshold. What should we do?

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CS-2009 EAc6:Green Power

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Mathilda Jonsson
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Hi I would like a clearifying how we get the exemplary performance credit for EAc6. Is the 70% based on the whole building's electricity consumption (including tenants spaces) or just the Core and Shell gross square footage (as for the original credit)? Is it a problem it the owner provide the tenants with electricity and then bill them the cost?

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Marcus Sheffer
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Fri, 12/09/2011 - 15:35

The purchase requirement is just for the CS portion of the building. The credit language indicates that you only need to buy green power for the CS square footage of the building. Same applies for exemplary performance. Depending upon how the green power is purchased the owner may not be providing the tenants with electricity. In the case of purchasing RECs you are not really buying electricity but instead are buying the environmental attributes.
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Tiago Silva
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Mon, 10/29/2012 - 10:09

In the sequence of Mathilda's question regarding thebuilding electricity consumption, if a Core & Shell project purchases REC for 100% of the whole building electricity consumption (i.e. with the tenant spaces) are these spaces able to use this attribute if pursuing a LEED Commercial Interiors Certification?
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Marcus Sheffer
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Mon, 10/29/2012 - 14:42

I do not see why you couldn't do this. It sounds like a matter of allocation and quantities.

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