varying occupancy thru time - for this and related credits

Pablo Fortunato Suarez

Principal ESD Consultant/Architect

GreenArc Sustainable Building & Architecture

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July 5, 2010

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Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

LEEDuser Expert

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Mon, 07/05/2010 - 12:34

Pablo, I think Jason had a good answer to your similar qustion on the WEp1 forum in this comment.I would say the bottom line is to use a consistent methodology that is reasonable for your project, and to make sure that it doesn't appear inconsistent to GBCI reviewers.

Jenny Carney

Vice President

WSP

LEEDuser Expert

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Mon, 07/12/2010 - 19:42

Pablo, for this particular credit it's important to follow the guidelines Energy Star establishes. The PE Guide (http://www.energystar.gov/ia/business/evaluate_performance/pm_lp_guide.pdf) gives some insight into how to determine average annual occupancy. If you have further questions, I'd recommend getting in touch with Energy Star directly, since ultimately the benchmarking for LEED Case 1 must be performed according to Energy Star's protocol.