Hi,
Our project has received a denial for EAp2 and we intend to appeal. While following the recommendations of the reviewer for some unsolved issues, we realized that the equipment load we had assumed for a Core&Shell building is rather high in comparison to the recommendation of User's Manual Table G-C.
Can we revise the equipment load input refering to User's Manual recommendation for Core&Shell buildings prior to an appeal? Note that this revise leads to an increase of cost savings, and an increase of points.
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
5921 thumbs up
May 28, 2013 - 10:19 am
You can change it. Make sure to explain why you changed it and the assumptions you used.
Anil Bhari
Min engineering inc3 thumbs up
May 28, 2013 - 11:03 am
What happen if recommendation CS appendix 2 Table 1. Default tenant Receptacle load is less than 25% of total cost.
Do we have to increase the process load to show overall process load is 25% of total energy cost.
Please advice
Thank you
Anil Bhari
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
5921 thumbs up
May 28, 2013 - 11:15 am
You are required to model the receptacle load as accurately as you can. If it is unknown and you use an acceptable source for this load and are under 25% just provide an explanation as to why you are under 25% process.
NEVER ARBITRARILY INCREASE PROCESS LOADS TO GET TO 25%!