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Our project is outside the U.S. We would like to earn this credit by purchasing RECs, but there are no Green-e options available here. It looks like most Green-e certified power comes from the U.S. What should we do?

We are pursuing this credit outside the U.S., and the owner wants to know if we can buy green power through a provider in our country that is not Green-e certified. We started comparing our national standard to Green-e and quickly found an area where the

Our project will be net-zero energy, i.e. will produce as much or more power than it consumes. Can we earn this credit?

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NC-2009 EAc6:Green power

NC v2009 EAc6 and ID credit

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Sheryl Swartzle
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TLC Engineering Solutions
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The owner purchase 99% green power in error (70% was to be purchased). Since project has not been submitted for design review as of yet, can the contract stand as is at 99% and be adjusted after the initial design review? A few of our projects had to purchase additional green power to cover adjustments made to EAc1 after the initial design review. We could avoid more than one internal adjustment if we wait until after the initial review but I don't know if we could make adjustments to EAc6 and the ID credit at that point. If we cannot adjust at that point then we will correct everything now and purchase additional green power if review of EAc1 requires. Your thoughts?

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Marcus Sheffer
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Sun, 04/15/2012 - 18:45

Yes you can adjust later. Since RECs are so cheap you might want to consider not bothering to adjust unless you have to buy more.

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