Does GBCI really require the template filled out? We have a spreadsheet exactly like your sample documentation documenting compliance, etc. This is for a school with over 150 spaces, and we'd just as soon not have to go enter 150 individual line items into the LEED template. Do they accept this means of documentation as an alternative compliance path, or are we forced to spend hours uploading this duplicative info into the templates?
You rely on LEEDuser. Can we rely on you?
LEEDuser is supported by our premium members, not by advertisers.
Go premium for
Roger Chang
Principal, Energy and Engineering LeaderDLR Group | Westlake Reed Leskosky
LEEDuser Expert
398 thumbs up
June 2, 2010 - 8:11 pm
Before LEED v3.0, we would submit our own spreadsheets with ventilation calculations and they were usually approved or we were given minor comments on adjustments to make during the review process. I think it is unreasonable to expect teams to completely duplicate this work on projects with a lot of ventilation zones. I would submit your spreadsheet, include a detailed narrative, and at least see what the review comments are. The worst outcome would be that they reject this approach and you then have to fill out the template. Please let us know what you end up doing and what the outcome is.
Maya Karkour
EcoConsulting871 thumbs up
January 4, 2011 - 9:04 am
Dear Tommy & Roger,
Any reviews from the USGBC regarding submitting one's own spreadsheet?
Thanks!
Tommy Linstroth
CEOGreen Badger
LEEDuser Expert
126 thumbs up
May 18, 2011 - 11:07 am
We contacted GBCI and their help forum said we could submit our own spreadsheets. We did so in our design review response (after they initially rejected the submission w/o the info in the template). But with a copy of the email and clarification on the spreadsheets, they accepted it! Saved many, many hours of copying the same information into the template!
Here is the actual response we received (of course with the caveat that the following text represents staff opinion of a particular issue, and does not set any precedent, etc, etc:
The project team is inquiring as to whether or not providing a supplemental spreadsheet that contains the Ventilation Rate Procedure calculations for each zone under each outside air unit in lieu of completing the table on the LEED prerequisite Form is an acceptable alternative compliance path. This approach to the prerequisite is acceptable, so long as the supplemental calculations include all of the required information outlined in the LEED Prerequisite Form. Note that the form itself must contain all other required information, save the table calculations, in order to demonstrate prerequisite compliance.