If I submit for combined review and get comments on my energy model then my EAc6 REC purchase can't be approved, right?
It's fairly common to get comments on the energy model so I feel that I'm in a bit of a quandary with my EAc6 purchase volume since I want to submit my project for combined review.
Should I just hold out on my EAc6 purchase until the review comments come in on EAp2 and in the meantime upload a provisional REC contract for review of the language?
Issuing a second purchase order (if energy model consumption gets bumped up) for some miniscule amount of RECs doesn't seem like a good option.
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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February 4, 2015 - 11:17 am
Assuming that your EAp2 is made pending in the preliminary review, then EAc6 would also be pending. If you wait to make your REC purchase then you will likely get preliminary review comments about not providing the proof of purchase. Maybe that is OK if you are highly confident that the source of the RECs will be easily approved. If you wish to avoid a potential second purchase this could work.
The wild card is if your proposed energy modeling results get adjusted upward in the final review by the reviewer. Reviewers do try to not adjust the proposed electricity usage specifically for this reason but sometimes it is unavoidable. The only way you can attempt to control this potential outcome is to buy some additional RECs as a cushion. This potential exists no matter when you actually buy the RECs.
Kathryn West
LEED AP BD+C, O+M, Green Globes ProfessionalJLL
154 thumbs up
February 10, 2015 - 2:52 pm
It's strange that theoretically you could be required to appeal EAc6 in the circumstance that your energy model gets bumped up in the final review, by the reviewer ... then your RECs won't cover your correct usage cause you based it on inaccurate energy model data.
Yeah, that might be the best option in some cases. I'd rather purchase some additional RECs with the final review as a cushion than have any potential of paying $500 to appeal EAc6.
I really appreciate your feedback! Thank you, Marcus!
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
5916 thumbs up
February 10, 2015 - 5:18 pm
In this scenario you might not have to pay for an appeal. I think you could make the case that the change was beyond your control and that GBCI should review the EAc6 change for free. Evaluating an additional purchase like this take only a few minutes so you might talk GBCI into a freebie.