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!
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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February 18, 2014 - 9:20 am
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 ServicesCushman & Wakefield
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February 18, 2014 - 9:33 am
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
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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February 18, 2014 - 10:00 am
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 ServicesCushman & Wakefield
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February 18, 2014 - 12:14 pm
Thank you Marcus.
I found nothing about this issue in LEED Interpretations.
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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February 18, 2014 - 12:21 pm
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 ServicesCushman & Wakefield
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February 18, 2014 - 12:43 pm
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 ConsultantTaitem Engineering
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July 24, 2014 - 12:12 pm
Hello Pablo,
Did you ever get this approved via GBCI review?
Summer Minchew
Managing PartnerEcoimpact Consulting
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March 24, 2015 - 1:59 pm
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"?