We are doing a fit-out for 1 floor in a multi-storey office building. There is a power metering provided by the tenant for all lighting and plug loads and for some of the Fan Coil Units. No chilled water metering is provided for the fan coil units. The power is paid based on actual consumption and the HVAC is part of the rent in form of dollars per area. After hour AC is paid based on time. Is this ok for getting the credit under EA C3 or would there be some additional metering required to qualify for the 5 credits - John
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Gordon Shymko
PrincipalG. F. Shymko & Associates Inc.
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June 22, 2010 - 7:04 pm
First, please see the various comments above that the reference to IPMVP for Case 1 should be ignored.
Notwithstanding the problems with the EAc3 Reference Guide material (mostly related to Case 2), the metering and utility payment requirements for Case 1 are OK and fairly clear. In this particular case the electrical requirements appear to be met (with the possible exception of the electricity for some of the fan coil units - clarification is needed on this issue). Allocating HVAC costs on a prorata area basis is acceptable provided that the "gross" costs reflect the actual HVAC utility cost for the billing period i.e. not a "flat" or constant rate built into the lease. See page 191 of the CI RG under "Payment" for further elaboration.