I am working on an industrial LEED project in KSA. Most of electrical loads are for the industrial processes itself (i.e production line), while the other remaining loads are for HVAC and Lighting. I have noticed from a LEED Interpretation that in such cases similar to my case, I can model energy costs (EAc1) based on all loads except for the industrial process loads. If my understanding is true, then I can calculate the on-site renewable energy percentage mandatory for that credit (EAc2) following the same principle as in EAc1 (i.e. excluding the cost of energy specifically needed for the industrial processes).
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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June 6, 2017 - 11:58 am
I assume you are referring to LEED Interpretation #10291. This only applies to EAp2 as a methodology for meeting this prerequisite. For EAc1 you must include all of the process loads. The points in EAc1 are awarded the same as any other project. EAc2 would be the same - based on the total loads including process.