LEED for District Cooling Plant

Banafsheh Shobeiri

Sustainable Engineering Group Leader

Hyder Consulting Middle East

LEEDuser Basic Member

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October 6, 2011

We are working on a DCP with associated parking space and a minor office space. Is LEED NC appropriate for this utility building? If so, is there a minimum floor area requirement for the offices in order to apply the IEQ credits? I appreciate the help.

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Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

LEEDuser Expert

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Mon, 11/07/2011 - 05:25

Banafsheh, yes, you could pursue LEED-NC for this building. You cneed at least one FTE to apply the iEQ credits.

Karen Joslin

principal

Joslin Consulting

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Sat, 12/03/2011 - 01:30

To clarify (sorry Tristan) you must comply with the IEQ pre-requisites even without a single FTE. However you may not attempt ANY of the optional (regular) IEQ credits - this is directly from the reference guide plus an administrative USGBC response. Hope this helps!