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Reporting Renewable Energy Savings in Energy Model vs. Renewable Energy Section (LEED v4 energy update)

NC-v4 EAc5:Renewable energy production
posted by  Anurag Ghosh  on 

Hi all,

I’m working on a LEED v4 energy update project utilizing multiple renewable energy systems, such as:

  • Solar PV (electricity),

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Tue May 6, 2025, 6:20 pm

Can a solar water heating system be considered a renewable energy system?

NC-v4 EAc5:Renewable energy production
posted by  zz kelvin  on 

Can a solar water heating system be considered a renewable energy system? Does it help with this credit? thanks.

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Mon Jul 29, 2024, 8:08 am

Wind PPA OR PV garden question

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posted by  Kyu-min Lee  on 

Hello,LEEDuser!!!!

My project is planning to contract at least 10year more than 10 Gwh.(not confirmed about wind or PV but the amount is fixed, located in same utility service area)

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Mon Apr 15, 2024, 8:28 pm

Existing PV on previously certified project

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posted by  Yu Zhang  on 

I have a project that is a new building located on a previous certified LEED project with PV production.  The previous project had >90% offset by energy use and >100% offset by cost from

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Wed Mar 6, 2024, 5:20 pm

Solar powered parking lot lights

NC-v4 EAc5:Renewable energy production
posted by  Jason Garvens  on 

Would dedicated solar powered parking lot lights help contribute toward obtaining x% of the buildings annual energy cost covered by renewable energy?

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Mon Mar 27, 2023, 5:52 pm

Production of renewable energy but sent to the grid

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posted by  Borja Sánchez  on 

Hi, I´d like to know what happens when the project owner also owns a PV systems on the project boundary but it´s not been used on the same building and sends all the production to the grid (selling

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Thu Apr 21, 2022, 12:25 am

Is proof of 3rd party Cx of Renewable Energy installations required?

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posted by  Joyce Kelly  on 

Proof of 3rd party Cx was requested by a Reviewer in a 2009 project. I'm no longer seeing this mentioned in v4... or is it implicit?

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Fri Feb 11, 2022, 7:52 pm

Low-impact hydroelectricity

NC-v4 EAc5:Renewable energy production
posted by  CT G  on 

We're working on a project that is off-grid with energy generated via hydroelectricity, that supplies energy only to the building.

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Thu Jul 8, 2021, 3:53 pm

Campus with shared PV plant

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posted by  Ricardo Sá  on 

Dear All,

 

We’re currently working on a LEED certification of a project with the following characteristics:

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Tue Jun 8, 2021, 5:13 pm

Is PV Watts acceptable documentation?

NC-v4 EAc5:Renewable energy production
posted by  Erin Holdenried  on 

Is PV Watts calculator acceptable documentation for this credit?  The specific PV panels for our project will not be selected until construction, so we won't have a more specific calculation o

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Tue May 18, 2021, 3:29 pm