Resurrecting Mark Webster’s previous thread – I am finalizing a PC 63 submission and I’m curious what strategy others have used to define the reference building. Ours has been to use typical structural and enclosure systems used for a building of the same function in the project location based on our previous design portfolio and general knowledge of the market. What approach have others used?
Also, what software are people using? We have used both ATHENA and Tally.
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Devani PERERA
Green Building ConsultantElan
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April 12, 2015 - 6:45 am
We are about to submit our project as well so I do not have experience on how this credit is evaluated. As the baseline we have used typical building materials that are used for this type of building. This is how the initial study was conducted but the credit language asks that the base building to be modelled as per the base building in our energy model. As our building is not located in the US we chose to use a base building based on a typical warehouse building in the country.
We have used Elodie a french programme that completes a WBLCA as the data set is compliant with ISO 14044.