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CI-v4 EAc6: Green power and carbon offsets
posted by Marie Miller on May 1, 2023, 9:02 pm

Hello!

I was under the impression that if we have the contractual confirmation that 100% of energy is being purchased through a...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, May 4, 2023, 10:20 am

GREEN POWER AND CARBON OFFSETS- 5 years contract

CI-v4 EAc6: Green power and carbon offsets
posted by Russell Fatkoulin on Feb 21, 2022, 8:23 am

Hi,

The property owner has had a green electricity agreement with the electricity supplier for many years. However, here in Sweden, people do not usually sign binding contracts and have...

Last reply: Aparna Pradeep Kumar, Apr 6, 2022, 10:01 am

LEED v4.1 Credit substitution

CI-v4 EAc6: Green power and carbon offsets
posted by Dave Hubka on Sep 21, 2021, 2:30 pm

Hi Marcus, posting this one to the v4 credit forum since the v4.1 forum does not appear as robust. 

We are substituting the v4.1 Renewable Energy credit. 

The project is an internal...

Last reply: Dave Hubka, Sep 22, 2021, 9:07 am

REC Purchase Timing

CI-v4 EAc6: Green power and carbon offsets
posted by Jeffrey Palmer on Apr 21, 2021, 12:26 pm

Due to...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Apr 30, 2021, 3:44 pm

Estimating Energy Use for a Laboratory

CI-v4 EAc6: Green power and carbon offsets
posted by Parker Hall on Aug 28, 2020, 12:00 pm

My project pursued optimized energy performance option 2 - prescriptive compliance. An Energy model was not created for this building, so I intend to calculate out energy use via the U.S....

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Sep 4, 2020, 12:08 pm

U.S. Department of Energy’s (CBECS) database- data on the website

CI-v4 EAc6: Green power and carbon offsets
posted by Karen Elliott on May 13, 2019, 4:51 am

Dear All

We used prescriptive option on Minimum Energy Performance, so looking to calculate out energy use via U.S. Department of Energy’s Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Aug 11, 2020, 8:48 am

Carbon offsets- compliant standards

CI-v4 EAc6: Green power and carbon offsets
posted by Jiwon Choi on Jul 20, 2020, 12:41 am

Is there a list of compliant standards for carbon offset projects?

Wondering whether the following carbon offset standards are compliant with LEED:

- VCS

- VER (Gold Standard...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Jul 22, 2020, 8:56 am

Green power and carbon offsets

CI-v4 EAc6: Green power and carbon offsets
posted by T.A. Wheeler on Jun 7, 2018, 3:50 pm

What does it mean for the Green power and carbon offset requirement to Engage in a contract for qualified resources..., for a minimum of five years, to be delivered at least annually ?

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Last reply: Sustainability Provider, Apr 17, 2020, 8:44 am

Default Emissions Factors & Carbon vs Electricity

CI-v4 EAc6: Green power and carbon offsets
posted by Tracy Marquis on Mar 10, 2019, 10:47 am

I have two questions.  

  1. Can you please confirm that Scope 1 Emissions can ONLY be offset by Carbon Offsets.  As such, one cannot achieve 2 points (100%) using...

Last reply: Reshadee Weerasooriya, Dec 9, 2019, 10:10 pm

Buying REC for Hong Kong Project

CI-v4 EAc6: Green power and carbon offsets
posted by shashank gangil on Aug 15, 2018, 10:53 pm

We are doing a Hong Kong based Commercial Interior Project. We have suggested our client to go for RECs. The problem is there is no local...

Last reply: Marcus Sheffer, Aug 16, 2018, 11:07 am