I´m trying to set how many RECs I must buy to comply with this credit for a project of 59,545sqf. According to Reference Guide I should multiply this area by 8kWh for 2 years (59,545 x 8 x 2), requiring a 952,735kWh purchase. Althought when filling LEED online template it cames as return a information as "Green Power per sf over a two year period" of 839.7kWh/sf. What does that mean? What calculations should we consider. I´m a lot confused.
Thanks,
Juliana Malho
Srimannarayana NCVK
ESD Consultant18 thumbs up
March 19, 2012 - 3:06 am
Juliana,
Not sure if i have understood your query but i note that there must be a problem while you are filling the template. Annual green power requirement will be 59545 x 8kW/sqft/yr which is 476360kW/yr. You need to fill this value in the coloumn "annual green power purchased" and change the contract to 2years.
The logical testing is "Green Power per sf over a two year period" should be 8kWh/sqft as this is the value which you have used initially for computing the Green Power to be purchased.
Thanks
Sriman