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NC-2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
Hello,
We are working on a project that has been registered as one single project (NC 2009), but it actually corresponds to three buildings, one is a laboratory, another a distribution storage and the other one for offices. My current approach is to perform the energy simulation for the whole complex, but I am not sure it this will be accepted. Or do I have to model each building separately so that each must comply with the minimum energy performance?
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Jean Marais
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August 7, 2012 - 3:19 am
I would do 3 simulations with 3 baselines (each seperately rotated). the result is total ann. energy cost for all together of the proposed models vs. the total ann. energy cost for all together for the baselines.
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Marcus Sheffer
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August 7, 2012 - 9:30 am
You might want to do some more digging about submitting three buildings as a single project. I think even USGBC is not clear on what to do. I know it has been done and there is some guidance in the campus guidance part 1 document. This note however is on the web site - Note: Until Part 2 of the 2010 AGMBC is released, each individual building or space must be registered and certified separately under a LEED 2009 rating system. See -http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=220
I am pretty sure that for EAp2 each building must demonstrate that it meets the minimum requirements (percent savings and mandatory provisions) individually. So if you do submit the three buildings under one submission model them separately and then add together the savings as Jean suggests.
Santiago Rodriguez
Revitaliza Consultores65 thumbs up
August 7, 2012 - 12:42 pm
Thanks for your suggestions I was almost sure I had to model each building separately.