Dear All:-
we have two waste recovery boiler to fulfil the steam needed. these are generate steam for Ironing but they use different material as Fuel
1.HUSK as fuel
2.Cloth waste as fuel
1.can we claim the thermal energy produced from this boiler as On-Site Renewable Energy
2.Is it acceptable method towards this credit
3.We get HUSK and Cloth waste at free of cost so can we claim this in Minimum Energy performance credit EAc1
4.Can we count this two boiler as Renewable energy or not
5.Husk is a Bio fuel or not
6.Cloth waste boiler is consider as renewable energy or not
7.this credit is neither energy based or Energy cost based because we get boiler fuel at free of cost
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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January 6, 2016 - 9:57 am
1. The husk sounds like an agricultural waste product which could be eligible. You will need to provide more information on the source.The cloth waste would be harder to justify. If you could connect it to an agricultrual waste product then maybe. If it is polyester or some other fabric from petrochemicals then definitely not.
2. Maybe depending on whether you can make the case that the fuels above are renewable.
3. Renewables can count toward EAp2/EAc1.
4. see above
5. see above
6. see above
7. This credit is energy cost based. Free fuel (like solar) just offsets conventional energy sources.