Hi all, we have building where the tenant is installing the entire energy related system (ACMV, lighting, etc). The landlord only provide land and structural of the building. Hence the total energy bill is being paid directly by the tenant that lease the entire building. No landlord staff is occupying the building. Hence the M&V for EAc5.1 and EAc5.2 documentations were submitted exactly the same. Since there is no energy related system from landlord, landlord will not able to conduct M&V. The LEED review has been received and requesting for revised tenant sub-metering. Anybody can share some view or experience to comply with the submittal based on this situation?
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
5867 thumbs up
August 4, 2016 - 12:55 pm
So this sounds like a cold, dark shell. By their very nature the points are much harder to come by in this situation. Since you are not installing any of the electrical infrastructure as part of the CS package you will need to require that the tenants will do so in a manner that meets the LEED requirements in the tenant lease agreement.
Michael Wahjudi
Sustainable Consultant3 thumbs up
August 5, 2016 - 1:16 am
Yes, indeed Marcus. The landlord has shared on the requirement for M&V. Hence the tenant already creating M&V. Our initial submission is uploading the similar documents from the tenant on M&V for EAc5.1 and EAc5.2. The LEED reviewer is requesting for revised tenant sub-metering. We are planning to upload the LEED Tender Requirement that signed by landlord and tenant under EAc5.1 and upload the tenant M&V plan under EAc5.2. Does this approach seems acceptable from your point of view?
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
5867 thumbs up
August 5, 2016 - 6:43 pm
The two credits are completely different.
5.1 requires an M&V Plan similar to NC projects. You typically need to submeter the building by energy end uses (lighting, heating, cooling. plug loads, fans, etc.) for this credit. With only one tenant this may be possible. The tenant would need to likely install thousands of dollars worth of submeters and then someone needs to bring all the data together and calibrate the energy model. If you provide the M&V Plan for evaluation and require its implementation in the lease agreement then you may be able to earn this one.
5.2 is about submetering each tenant space by fuel type (electricty, natural gas, etc.). this is much easier in your situation and could be accomplished if required in a tenant lease agreement.