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Schools-2009 EAc4:Enhanced Refrigerant Management

Equipment Service Life

Michael Trzcinski

Project Engineer

Hesnor Engineering Associates, PLLC

LEEDuser Basic Member

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April 24, 2012

How is the equipment service life determined for "other" type eqipment? Specifically, I am looking at the refrigeration equipment for a school's kitchen. The LEED Reference Guide states that "all other HVAC&R equipment is assumed to have a life of 15 years", but when I enter 15 years on the form, it requires me to upload documentation of the non-default service life.

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Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

LEEDuser Expert

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Fri, 08/31/2012 - 13:56

Michael, this sounds like a glitch with the LEED Online form. I would contact GBCI about it—they are good about helping with this kind of thing.

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