Anyone else still slogging away on this credit? We're making some headway. I've gotten the equipment consultant to provide me with a list of 'equal' products for the credit. I thought i was home free but getting 'equal' information from the other manufacturers is proving more difficult. They are reporting energy use differently so progress is sssslooooowww. The other problems I'm having is that since they won't be gettind the project, they have zero motivation to provide me with the information I am requesting.
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Ray Villanueva
Miller Hayashi Architects5 thumbs up
September 26, 2011 - 6:10 pm
I have successfully submitted for this Pilot Credit (credit approved in July 2011). I had the same experience of difficulty finding product equals and then getting information from manufacturers. I found about half of the dental equipment I researched did not have the information readily available. About 1/4 did not have the information at all, or did not return any calls or emails. Our project equipment did not end up achieving the the efficiency levels required.
Brian Alessi
Director - Energy & Sustainabilitytk1sc
18 thumbs up
May 23, 2012 - 10:52 am
Susan - Are you working on a hospital project? Have you had any success? I'm working on a hospital project that is installing general x-ray, r/f x-ray, sterilizers, and washer/disinfectors and have a really limited number of equals, only 3-5 for each. And finding comparable energy data is a challenge as well. The only metric that seems to be common that I’ve been tracking is the maximum rated power. Any thoughts and/or experience on number of equals or power ratings you or anyone out there could share?
Susan Walter
HDRLEEDuser Expert
1296 thumbs up
September 17, 2012 - 3:37 pm
Brian, I'm sorry i did not see your post until now. We've run into the same wall here. Our projects are installing linear accelerators and a CT simulator. We don't have a recnt general x-ray project at the moment. Have you tried GE Healthcare's site?
Brian Alessi
Director - Energy & Sustainabilitytk1sc
18 thumbs up
September 20, 2012 - 8:27 am
Thanks for the reply Susan. Our team decided not to submit this credit for a number of reasons. Comparable data between manufacturers for this type of equipment is not yet readily available and not worth the time it takes to dig for the information. Once a comparable set of metrics is established similar to ENERGY STAR, then I think this credit will be achievable. The other barrier for larger hospital projects is that they often have multi year contracts with specific vendors so picking and choosing among manufacturers to find the most efficient piece of equipment isn't feasible. Eventhough our team didn't attempt this credit, the project was certified gold this month so we're very excited.