If a LEED project consists of two 9-story office towers and a 3-story cafeteria/auditorium (all connected), what is the best approach for meeting Energy Star rating for the 3-story cafeteria/...

I'm working with a Building that receives 100% of its cooling (chilled water) and heating (steam) needs from a nearby...

In performing the initial analysis of the Energy Star score for our building it has become apparent we are teetering on the line of a 69.

Is it required to hold an Energy Star score of 69...

I have a client who has purchased all of his electricity from the Texas Wind Energy farm. Being wind energy, the source energy is almost the same as the site energy. However, since it's not...

Portfolio Manager guidance currently indicates that if vacant space is less than 10%, then it should be grouped with occupied space. However, I read the USGBC Information Guidance version 1...

of experience doing LEED reviews, serving on LEED committees, and more. Our forum is filled with hundreds more people like this. There are a lot of gray areas and uncharted waters in LEED, and these folks have...

I am working on a project in a single tenant office building that has a kitchen/cafeteria run by a third party and that takes up less than 10% of the facility. I want to have a submeter...

I am surprised that the portfolio manager takes the number of freezers instead of capacity of freezers. I calculate that by increase number of nine freezers we can increase Energy star rating by...

Is international project (outside US) not eligible to get EPA rating for LEED EB certification? is it necessary to choose national benchmark option to earn these points.

The Rating System calls out to "Calibrate meters within the manufacturer’s recommended interval if the building owner, management organization or tenant owns the meter. Meters owned by third...