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NC-2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
Hi ,
for a printing company
if per example we have 100kw of energy use for the hvac lighting and building system and a 100 kw of energy use for the printing machinery and we save 50 kw of energy on the hvac lighting and building system will leed class this as 50% saving (50/100) or 25% (50/200) .
Thanks in advance
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Christopher Schaffner
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July 13, 2010 - 9:39 am
Process energy should be included in the overall calc.
So in your original example (I assume you meant kWh, not kW) , the base case has 200kWh, the design case has 150kWh, representing a 25% energy reduction. Keep in mind that LEED works with energy cost savings, so these need to be converted to $ per your rate structure, to determine your LEED EAp2/EAc1 savings.