Our building don´t have a good energy efficiency, the commissioning process indicate many ways to obtain a good energy efficiency, we are doing first the low cost way and after the high cost way, but we think that the implementation of all improvements will spend more than two years. Can we start the LEED EB process before the implementation of all improvements? In the EAp3 we can do a phasing out process because the cost involved in this case is very high, in our EAp2 case the cost is high too, can we obtain the LEED EB certification before the end of application of all energy improvement, before two or three years? Tks.
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Alexa Stone
ecoPreserve: Building Sustainability134 thumbs up
September 25, 2012 - 10:37 pm
Hi Paulo, although not recommended if you have these many barriers with finances, you can of course start with the process but just know that the success of certification will be weighing on the energy performance of the building. You may want to look at this guidance for buildings that do not meet the LEED thresholds in EAp2 http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=2625.
Nadav Malin
CEOBuildingGreen, Inc.
LEEDuser Expert
844 thumbs up
September 26, 2012 - 5:54 am
Hi Jeff,Thanks for pointing Paulo to that "Energy Jumpstart" pilot prerequisite. This is exactly the situation that it should apply to. I'm curious if anyone has tried it, or considered using it.
Paulo Pinheiro
Sustainability ConsultantSeptember 26, 2012 - 8:18 am
Hi Jeff, thank you for your quick answer. I think that the Pilot Credit 67 is really interesting, but our building is a Laboratory and in not an Energy Star eligible building. Do you think that is possible try the Pilot Credit 67 for a certification LEED EB of a Laboratory? Tks!
Nadav Malin
CEOBuildingGreen, Inc.
LEEDuser Expert
844 thumbs up
September 26, 2012 - 9:27 am
Hi Paulo. That changes things. The language is pretty clear that "Those pursuing Pilot Credit 67 must be an ENERGY STAR-eligible building type."However, if you want to still explore this option further you might try asking the question on LEEDuser's page for that pilot prerequisite, and see if anyone from USGBC responds.
David Eldridge
Energy Efficiency NinjaGrumman/Butkus Associates
68 thumbs up
September 26, 2012 - 9:33 am
And/or contact the USGBC directly! I wouldn't necessarily wait in case someone happens to see the post on the message board.
Paulo Pinheiro
Sustainability ConsultantSeptember 26, 2012 - 10:21 am
Thanks Nadav and David for your help, we will try our best to have the LEED EB certification and the information of this discussion is a great help.