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NC-2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
Dear community,
I have a project where some spaces will be left for future use, while most of others are designed and built for immediate use. I am wondering if I must include them as conditionned or unconditioned zone.
Many thanks,
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Kristina Bach
VP of InnovationSustainable Investment Group
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April 3, 2014 - 1:18 pm
You will want to review LEED Interpretation 10102 in detail (assuming it was posted before your project was registered). There are a variety of additional requirements for LEED-NC projects which include incomplete spaces like you describe.
For EAp2/EAc1, my understanding is that the energy model should be simulate those spaces as fully fit-out with the fit-out being identical in both the baseline and proposed cases (i.e. you can't claim any savings in those future spaces). This essentially means that the rest of the building/areas you fit-out now will need to be just a little more efficient to help carry the unknown/potential energy use of the incomplete spaces.
Valentin Grimaud
Thermal EngineerTERAO Green Building Engineering
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April 4, 2014 - 6:02 am
Thank you very much.
That is my interpretation of table G3.1, too. Those spaces may be simulated fully fit-out as office spaces by default.