Hello everyone, I am working on a three-level commercial office project. The project includes, in total, 223 densely occupied spaces consisting of meeting rooms of different sizes (4, 8,10 and 14 people) as well as phone booths and some training rooms and cafeterias. As you can tell, this many densely occupied spaces make the credit very expensive for the client, as the number of CO2 sensors needed is very high.
Do you know any Alternative Compliance Path that we can use to comply with this credit without installing CO2 sensors on each space?
As additional information, we can't install CO2 sensors on the return air ducts, per HVAC design.
Thanks in advance,
Dylan Connelly
Mechanical EngineerIntegral Group
LEEDuser Expert
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December 11, 2012 - 8:30 pm
Ruben,
Not all credits are good credits for every project. The credit language states "All densely occupied spaces" and I don't know how you could alternatively comply.
Personally, I don't agree that small meeting rooms of 4 people or less & less than 150 sf should be included. The energy savings is so minimal it's not worth it. Vamshi Gooje had a good idea (his comment is below) for an argument in favor of excluding such spaces. However, you'd be taking a risk if you didn't include them.