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It doesn't seem like this

NC-2009 EAc5: Measurement and Verification
posted by Maura Adams on Aug 16, 2011, 10:33 am

It doesn't seem like this credit should be so complicated. We have a full DDC system in the new building, which is part of a campus. We already have a Honeywell team on site to monitor other...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Sep 19, 2011, 6:15 pm

Highrise condo- What to monitor and meter

NC-2009 EAc5: Measurement and Verification
posted by Rob Hink on Sep 8, 2011, 7:57 pm

With a 54 unit highrise condo, what would be acceptable to meter to meet the requirements of the credit. Individual unit electric meters? I can't imagine putting CTs on 130 individual heat pump...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Sep 19, 2011, 6:12 pm

PVs added after design submission

NC-2009 EAc2: On-Site Renewable Energy
posted by Aliesa Adelman on Aug 25, 2011, 3:02 pm

If an energy model has been reviewed during design phase submission and PVs are added during construction but were not included in the model, can the model be rerun and resubmitted during the...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Sep 19, 2011, 5:02 pm

Unusual Building Construction

NC-2009 EAc1: Optimize Energy Performance
posted by Tom Nichols on Jun 28, 2011, 6:44 am

We are working on an eQuest model of a very unusual building. It was constructed in 1911. The original building had a lower level, first and second floor in the main wing and four stories of...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Sep 19, 2011, 4:56 pm

LEED 2009 for New Construct, Optimize Energy Perform- EA CR 1

NC-2009 EAc1: Optimize Energy Performance
posted by John Harrington on Jul 29, 2011, 11:30 am

I have two buidings on the same site/project boundry.

Do I model the two buildings as one building? If I did two seperate models I am not sure how I would show this on the LEED Credit...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Sep 19, 2011, 4:40 pm

Landscape lighting

NC-2009 EAc1: Optimize Energy Performance
posted by Julien Daclin on Sep 13, 2011, 1:46 pm

Appendix G (Table 3.1) states that lighting power for building facades has to be modeled in the energy simulation. However, it is not clear if landscape lighting should also be taken into account...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Sep 19, 2011, 4:39 pm

Trace 700 "LEED Energy Performance Summary Report"

NC-2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Erin Adkins on Sep 19, 2011, 3:49 pm

For those of you that use Trace 700 and are familiar with the fairly new feature, the "LEED Energy Performance Summary Report", that Provides all the information for each section of the EAp2...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Sep 19, 2011, 4:13 pm

Water heaters

NC-2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Paula Hernandez on Sep 16, 2011, 1:41 pm

I have to model a building which is using solar pannels electric heaters. But they also have an electric resistance as back up for those moments when solar heat is not enough.
How should I...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Sep 19, 2011, 1:38 pm

Exterior Wall Defintion for EA Credits

NC-2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Miranda Gardiner on Sep 15, 2011, 5:48 pm

I have a general code question regarding when a wall is considered interior and when it is considered exterior, as our team has looked for clear language in the NYS energy code as well as the...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Sep 19, 2011, 1:35 pm

Existing Exterior Lighting System

NC-2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Sundararaj Subburaman on Sep 10, 2011, 3:03 am

We are doing LEED certification for a building in a campus which already has exterior lighting installed. Can we consider the exterior lighting load identical for base case and proposed case as...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Sep 19, 2011, 1:29 pm