Multiple buildings on a single site

Michael E. Edmonds-Bauer

Edmonds International

LEEDuser Basic Member

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March 6, 2013

We have a project with two independent buildings on a single site. One will apply for LEED-NC and the other one will apply for LEED-CS. We decided to apply for two different certifications since the two buildings have different structures (two separate volumes reaching 22 levels each from ground floor). However our client is asking about water and energy supply. The most likely will be that one single energy and one single water supply will be provided by the local goverment. In this case, our question is: Will providing submeters for energy/water consumption for each building be enough? This in order to demonstrate and quantify separately water and energy consumption.

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Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

LEEDuser Expert

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Wed, 03/06/2013 - 13:31

Michael, what specific LEED requirement(s) are you thinking about here? I would suggest reviewing MPR6.I realize this doesn't answer your question—apologies. But I want to start any conversation like this by orienting it around the right issues and framework.

Michael E. Edmonds-Bauer

Edmonds International

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Wed, 03/06/2013 - 16:18

That's fine, I think starting from the very beggining will help clear things up a lot. According to MPR 6 each certified building must share its water and consumption data for a period of 5 years after 50% of occupancy. This will not be an issue, the two buildings will be able to provide water and energy consumption separately. There will be one single supply of water and energy to the entire site. After this supply there will be a submeter for water and a submeter for energy for each building, this will allow us to track water/energy consumption separately.