Does anyone have any experience submitting for EAc2 as part of a Master Site? Our project is a campus project that will contain three buildings. The first is complete, the second is under construction and the third is future development. We are pursuing LEED-C&S for all three buildings as well as LEED-CI for the interior fit outs. The Master Site has been submitted and many of our Sustainable Sites credits have already been awarded. The Owner has recently signed a contract to install a large PV array on the roof of the first building (which has a warehouse roof section). The PV system is large enough to provide approx. 8% of the estimated consumption for all three buildings. Appendix A of the AGMBC shows that the credit is eligible for both Campus (C) or Group (G) projects.
We are contemplating re-submitting the master Site to include the PV system (and add the EAc2 credit/points) and then include a pro-rated portion of the array production (based on SF) in the EAp1 forms for each of the three individual projects. Does that sound like a viable approach?
Thanks,
Ben
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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October 15, 2013 - 10:37 am
For EAc2 it is just a matter of allocating the renewable energy to individual projects on the same campus. This is the same approach used for individual projects, group or campus projects.
The only thing I am not sure of is whether you get charged for an additional review of your master site submission. Not sure how that works.
Ben Tucker
President / LEED AP+Chapman Construction/Design
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October 15, 2013 - 4:48 pm
Thanks Marcus. That makes sense. Rather than submit an appeal in the Master Site, we'll likely take the approach of simply submitting the credit on each C&S application with the production allocated to each project based on its relative energy consumption. Your input is appreciated.