Our project consists of renovation of 140,000 SF of an existing building, as well as the addition of 30,000 SF of new space. For whole building energy simulation, I see minimum requirement of 10% improvement for new buildings and 5% for major renovations. I'm trying to determine which requirement applies to our project - can our project be considered as a major renovation, or it has to be considered as a new construction?
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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December 18, 2014 - 6:47 pm
It is both.
The percentage savings related to the points will be based on a weighted average of the new vs existing. The EAc1 form automatically calculates the percent savings and awards the correct points. In your case the savings threshold for the first point would be 5.88%.
Ritwik Kakati
Dagher Engineering, PLLCDecember 19, 2014 - 10:50 am
Thanks!