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We have a PV array installed on our campus, under the same ownership, but not on the building or within the LEED project boundary. Can we count that toward EAc2?

Because of how our onsite PV system was financed through the utility, the project is selling the RECs associated with its solar energy production, even though we own the PV array and its power. Is there any way we can earn EAc2?

Can I pursue this credit if I am using one of the prescriptive compliance paths for EAp2/EAc1?

Can I really double-count onsite renewable energy in both EAc2 and EAc1?

Our PV system is being installed after the building is occupied. Is that okay?

Our project will have a PV system onsite, but it will be installed, operated, and owned by a separate entity that is paying for the system through a premium price per kWh paid by the utility, per state regulations. Is there any way to count this toward th

A biofuel-based cogenerator is being used to produce both electricity and heat (CHP). Can I consider all the energy produced, or just the electricity?

Can a backup generator qualify, if it runs on biofuels?

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Schools-2009 EAc2:On-Site Renewable Energy

How to keep birds away from PV panels

Gendel Metlitsky

Manager, Sustainable Design

NYC SCA

LEEDuser Premium Member

31 thumbs up

May 2, 2011

How to keep birds away from PV panels on the roof - any suggestions?

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Ward Miller

Chief Environmental Officer

Alpenglow Advisory

LEEDuser Basic Member

44 thumbs up

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 07:45

Do proper conditions exist to integrate a few miniature wind turbines around the array or between panels?

Bill Swanson

Sr. Electrical Engineer

Integrated Design Solutions

LEEDuser Expert

516 thumbs up

Tue, 05/03/2011 - 12:38

I've never heard of this as an issue before. You could try using those spikes that line ledges to keep birds off. I'd keep the spikes at the perimeter of the solar panels. Anything you put over the panels will block more light then the birds would block.

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