Hi,
I am involved in a Cookies and Potato Chips facility (from a well known brand) LEED evaluation. It was built and operates since two years ago outside the US. It has great green features so the owner wants to certify it as Existing Building which is appropiate in this case. The problem is that no similar facility exists on Portfolio manager to get a performance rating. I requested information to Energy Star and they responded:
"It seems that your facility would be classified as "Other - Other." Please note, if your entire facility is listed as any of the "Other" space types, it is not eligible to receive a national energy performance rating"
¿Do you know of how to deal with this situation?
I would be really appreciate any answer.
Jose.
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11478 thumbs up
November 29, 2010 - 11:19 pm
Jose, many facilities fall under "other." You can follow Case 2 to comply with this credit.Does this answer your question?
Jenny Carney
Vice PresidentWSP
LEEDuser Expert
657 thumbs up
January 21, 2011 - 11:11 am
Jose...this definitely sounds like a Case 2, Option 2 situation. You may be in a bind though because of the newness of the facility, as one of the common approaches under Case 2, Option hinges on incorporated historic consumption data from the facility into your baseline. The other option is to self-identify similar production facilities (maybe this company has several plants that produce cookies and chips?). This is one of the more complex benchmarking situations that project teams face, and usually a team will need to use a CIR to figure out how to proceed.
Francesco Passerini
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November 5, 2014 - 10:43 am
What about a building that is located in Europe and is occupied by a firm that bottles and sells water (i.e. it is an industrial building)?