Dear all,
how would you evaluate off-site generation of renewable energy in facilities owned by the building owner? Does a contract still need to be in place? Is documentation of the estimated energy output required?
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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May 12, 2021 - 1:31 pm
It depends on the nature of the system procurement. If the owner owns the system then it should be a simple allocation letter demonstrating the system production and allocating all or a portion of the production to the new facility. Make sure the off site system meets the credit criteria.
J Schütz
M.Sc.LCEE Life Cycle Engineering Experts GmbH
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May 17, 2021 - 5:59 am
Thank you Marcus, that sounds possible to document.
S S
June 24, 2021 - 7:40 am
Thank you verymuch, Marcus. Please provide me with some additional clarifications. The reason is that, we are working on around five LEED-4.1 projects across the country.The Owner/entity is the same for all five buildings and all the solar plants.The building types are only different.
Is it possible to consider this Solar PV Plant a Tier 1 project?
Rather than being located on site, the PV Plants are located 300m-500m away from the LEED project sites. The owner will povide the required documents related to connected load, Commisioning and RE Credits.
I appreciate your help.
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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June 24, 2021 - 9:55 am
Is this a campus situation?
S S
June 24, 2021 - 10:07 am
No. Won't come under campus.
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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June 24, 2021 - 10:15 am
If it is not located within the LEED project boundary then it is not on-site. So sounds like tier 2 to me. There is some predidence for counting off-site renewables as on-site for example in the case of landfill gas so you can try. You could also ask your LEED Coach or submit an interpretation.
S S
June 27, 2021 - 2:31 am
Thank you verymuch, Marcus.