Before diving deep into the question, to gain more insight into the project, please read the following overview: 

  • Project type: The beach resort including many individual villas and hotel
  • LEED boundary: LEED group building. In other words, the whole resort (including all villas and hotel) will be included in LEED boundary

Question: For villas (excluding hotel), Is it eligible for the credit if we conduct the following strategy? 

The strategy goes like this: we're gonna install ADVANCED energy meter at each villa unit. In other words, the meter acts as an whole-Individual Villa energy source (there's no separate meter for every single end-use such as lighting, AC, DHW, ...). We're also aware that ADVANCED energy meter must have the characteristics complying with the LEED requirement