Can balconies overhead act as a projection factor when modeling buildings?

Hi everyone

We are trying to make some strategic decisions and would be happy about some feedback. First a short summary, two questions are below.

We are targeting LEED certification for a new Datacenter. Since there are no tenant agreements yet, we using the Core & Shell scheme. 

We are pursuing CSv4 for a project and using the prescriptive approach for Optimize Energy Performance.

Is the Exemplary Performance threshold 54 % for CS as well (like NC?) The leap seems bigger for CS project than for NC Projects, based on that the table ends on 47 % for CS and 50 % for NC, both ac

Hi,

Our team is working on a large commercial building (13 level of parking+2 levels of lobby+ 37 levels of office space) C&S LEED v4 model. we are using IES VE for the modeling.

Dear All,

Hi, I'm working on a CS project in WA state, which has an energy code more stringent than the ASHRAE baseline.

WE have a core and shell building, the owner signed one tenant without lease language.