Hallo,
We are certifying a LEED EBOM project composed of 28% laboratory and 72% office.
The Case 2, Option 1 Labs is asking to enter to parameters:
i.This Project Building's annual weather normalized Source Energy Use Intensity from Portfolio Manager.
ii.Peer Facility Average (from your Labs21 Benchmark Statistics)
My questions are:
-Do we have to include the whole building energy consumption in the Portfolio Manager (laboratory+office) or just the office space?
-Do we have to include the whole building energy consumption in the Labs21 tool or just the laboratory?
Our concern is not to double count the energy consumed in the laboratory.
Ben Stanley
Senior Sustainability ManagerWSP - Built Ecology
LEEDuser Expert
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October 21, 2015 - 2:53 pm
Hi Gustavo,
I believe the answer is yes, that you must include whole building consumption on Portfolio Manager and within the Labs21 tool. I believe that the Labs21 data set includes whole building usage and that part of generating an appropriate peer group within Labs21 depends on the portion of the building that is laboratory space.
Have you tried that an are getting an unexpected result?
Gustavo De las Heras Izquierdo
LEED Expert185 thumbs up
October 23, 2015 - 12:57 pm
Yes, the calculator says I will achieve 14 points.
I have just found out that Labs21 always classifies by buildings in the climate zone 5A, but my project is in zone 3A. I do not know how to change this parameter. Does anyone know?