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NC-v4 EAc7:Green power and carbon offsets

RECs - projects outside the U.S.

Could anyone help me verfify if the following understandig is correct? Tks!

"According to the LEED Reference Guide for Building Design and Construction, LEED v4, Edition August 2020, non-U.S. projects can purchase unbundled RECs from outside the country in which the construction is located, in order to comply with LEED’s requirements for EA CREDIT: GREEN POWER CARBON OFFSETS (NC). Those RECs must be Green-e certified (or equivalent). However, Green-e has only issued standards in North America, Chile, Singapore, and Taiwan; on the other hand, LEED has considered European and Brazilian certifications as equivalent to Green-e for the purposes of LEED v4 BD+C. That said, projects outside the U.S. seeking LEED certification could purchase Green-e RECs from either the U.S., Canada, Chile, Singapore, Taiwan, or Green-e equivalent RECs from Europe or Brazil, to be awarded points under EA CREDIT: GREEN POWER CARBON OFFSETS (NC)".

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Fri, 06/24/2022 - 19:10

I believe that is correct.

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