I am working with a large building in New York. This building has a tenant that has their own chiller that utilizes R-11 refrigerant. Since the property team has no control over the tenants chiller, and therefore cannot conduct studies, implement refrigerant plans, etc., can we exempt the tenant's equipment, or would this still have to fall under the 10% multi-tenant exemption rule? Has anyone run into similar situations?
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Jason Franken
Sustainability ProfessionalLEEDuser Expert
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November 1, 2011 - 10:37 am
That's a tricky one. It's tough to say whether the chiller in question would be considered base-building equipment or not. Typically, the prerequisite should address all refrigerants in the building, but if you have a non-cooperative tenant who is unwilling to participate in this process, you may be able to speak to GBCI to arrange some alternative compliance path.