I'm working with a project team that had planned to certify their facility under NC and follow immediately with a performance period for EBOM certification. As the NC project progressed, the scope of work increased to the point of a critical schedule challenge. The tenant move-in date cannot change, so the additional work is posing a challenge to the timeliness of the NC completion.
One of the options under consideration includes overlapping the performance period with the NC project. A portion of the work that remains to be complete is exterior site work and would not affect the staff inside the building.
The second option is to stop increasing the scope of work on the NC and execute the additional work elements as facility modifications under the EBOM certification.
Does anyone have experience or an opinion on these strategies?
Thank-you
Barry Giles
Founder & CEO, LEED Fellow, BREEAM FellowBuildingWise LLC
LEEDuser Expert
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October 22, 2012 - 5:55 pm
Tiffany, an interesting question. To simplify the whole process it would be easier to close the NC on the date of handover to the client (or when the occupancy certificate is issued). then open the LEED EB performance period and include the rest of the construction. Your performance period will, however, have to be one year as you'll need a years worth of energy consumption.
This method might mean you have to drop several credits in LEED NC, but you should be able to pick them up in the EB performance period. Don't overlap. That makes the process difficult to assess with 'what goes where' and will be a nightmare for the GBCI to unravel.