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CS-2009 EAc5.2:Measurement and Verification—Tenant Submetering

Monitoring System

Marina Andrade

Sustainability Consultancy Services

Cushman & Wakefield

LEEDuser Basic Member

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February 18, 2014

Hi! In the project we have not a BMS system to monitor energy consumption but the electric company will be regularly measured. Can I develop a spreadsheet monitoring of energy consumption, indicating the values that the electric company provide? Thus to be able to achieve credit? Thank you!

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Marcus Sheffer

LEED Fellow

7group / Energy Opportunities

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Tue, 02/18/2014 - 14:20

The credit language clearly says "centrally monitored". Manual meter reads entered in a spreadsheet does not sound like it meets this requirement. Perhaps if the electric company can provide the data on a regular basis for all the tenants one could claim that the data is centrally monitored by them? I can't really tell from your description what you will actually be doing.

Marina Andrade

Sustainability Consultancy Services

Cushman & Wakefield

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Tue, 02/18/2014 - 14:33

I asked this because the concept of monitoring is "continuous monitoring." Not sure but I believe it does not necessarily need a system. In this case the electric company would have measured the consumption of each tenant, and the building administrator would make a continuous control indicating these measurements in Worksheets. Do not know if this is possible for us to serve the credit, but the monitoring station would be the electric company.

Marcus Sheffer

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7group / Energy Opportunities

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Tue, 02/18/2014 - 15:00

Not sure if that qualifies, I would check the LEED Interpretations on the subject to see if this issue has been raised.

Marina Andrade

Sustainability Consultancy Services

Cushman & Wakefield

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Tue, 02/18/2014 - 17:14

Thank you Marcus. I found nothing about this issue in LEED Interpretations.

Marcus Sheffer

LEED Fellow

7group / Energy Opportunities

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Tue, 02/18/2014 - 17:21

So after some further reflection and reading the Reference Guide I think you could probably earn the credit with utility meters for each tenant. It certainly meets the credit intent and is in alignment with the EAc5.2 discussions in the Reference Guide.

Marina Andrade

Sustainability Consultancy Services

Cushman & Wakefield

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Tue, 02/18/2014 - 17:43

I think it's possible too. In the guide itself is said, to monitoring, is not obligatory to have a BMS system, but a monitoring of measured values for each tenant. Thanks for the help!

Courtney Royal

Sr. Sustainability Consultant

Taitem Engineering

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Thu, 07/24/2014 - 16:12

Hello Pablo, Did you ever get this approved via GBCI review?

Summer Minchew

Managing Partner

Ecoimpact Consulting

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Tue, 03/24/2015 - 17:59

I am also curious to know if this compliance path was accepted by GBCI during review? I have a similar project, each tenant space will be considered a separate unit with its own meters and utilities. Does this approach qualify and can the utility bill for each tenant serve as "continuous monitoring"?

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