Hi,
We are commissioning a building that will be connected to a DES that was completed in 2012, so it is considered "new". LEED Canada 2009 Interpretation Guide for District Energy Systems says: "A DES that is three years old or less at the date of the project building’s substantial completion is considered “new” construction and is to be commissioned in accordance with the requirements of EAc3 for the relevant LEED Canada rating system for the project."
How can we fulfil the requirements for EAc3 if the documentation provided by the DES original Cx agents doesn’t fulfil EAc3 requirements (i.e. there is no schematic review, warranty visit, etc?). We will be providing the EAc3 submittals for the building systems, and we don't want to lose this credit because the original Cx agent wasnt required to complete these tasks, and they are not tasks we can complete now.
The time for CIRs has nearly come & gone and the team seems un-inclined to submit one. Has anyone had any experience with a situation like this?
Thank you very much for your advice,
Shevaun
You rely on LEEDuser. Can we rely on you?
LEEDuser is supported by our premium members, not by advertisers.
Go premium for
Scott Bowman
LEED FellowIntegrated Design + Energy Advisors, LLC
LEEDuser Expert
520 thumbs up
March 25, 2014 - 3:53 pm
Interesting situation. I would find it hard to hold a current team to what was done up to 3 years ago. They might have been totally different owners or design/construction teams. So, again this is my opinion, working through all the tasks of EAp1 and EAc3 for the DES, knowing that you cannot do them all, should be sufficient. There could still be a review of the design, but it would be more like a retro-commissioning effort in a way. Any acceptable comments could then be incorporated in the programming (where there is often the most optimization) during the performance testing.
But, that is my opinion. You could just ask for a conference call too, which is what I would do regardless of intent to submit a CIR. Often the review team will help with these kinds of questions, and are careful about what they can commit to, and what might require a CIR. That is a good first step to an answer, and our firm has found them quite helpful on all sorts of credits.
Really, GBCI is not looking to fail projects, they have a hard job of ensuring that the buildings certified are valid and meet the intent of the credits and bring value to their clients and design/construction teams.