Use of renewable energy in calculation

Martine Desbois

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April 16, 2014

I just would like to confirm that we can use the renewable energy used in our buildings as part of the calculation for energy saving as is done in LEED NC. Is this correct? and is it correct for both the prerequisite and the credit? Thank you

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Eliot Allen

LEED AP-ND, Principal

Criterion Planners

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Tue, 05/12/2015 - 16:00

Martine, under ND v4, neither the building energy prereq nor credit allow renewable energy production to be treated as energy savings. However, the renewable energy credit does award points for such production. Eliot

Martine Desbois

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Tue, 02/23/2016 - 21:56

Eliot sorry to be back to this question after so long. Page 354 of the LEED ND Reference Guide (Optimize Energy Credit) talks about Applying Renewable Energy Savings to the calculation. So I am confused with your answer. Does it applies to the Credit but not the prerequisite?

Eliot Allen

LEED AP-ND, Principal

Criterion Planners

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Fri, 02/26/2016 - 16:58

Good catch Martine, I apologize for not seeing that provision tucked under Further Explanations for the credit. But I'm not finding it in the prerequisite, which may be due to wanting a "true" minimum energy efficiency without benefit of any renewable offsets. Eliot