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Our project is outside the U.S. We would like to earn this credit by purchasing RECs, but there are no Green-e options available here. It looks like most Green-e certified power comes from the U.S. What should we do?

We are pursuing this credit outside the U.S., and the owner wants to know if we can buy green power through a provider in our country that is not Green-e certified. We started comparing our national standard to Green-e and quickly found an area where the

Our project will be net-zero energy, i.e. will produce as much or more power than it consumes. Can we earn this credit?

The owner has purchased RECs for a percentage of energy use of its whole portfolio of buildings, or campus. Can we earn this credit for a single LEED building with this purchase?

We plan on pursuing this credit only if we need to do so to meet our certification target, i.e. if another credit we are counting on gets rejected. How late can we apply for this credit?

The owner purchases RECs based on an earlier prediction, but our energy model is now showing that we are just a little short of the credit threshold. What should we do?

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NC-2009 EAc6:Green power

EAc6 in Abu Dhabi

Scott Bixby

Director of Marketing

OneEnergy Renewables

LEEDuser Basic Member

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February 8, 2012

I am trying to calculate the REC quantity required for a building in the UAE to get EAc6 (Green Power), but noticed that the CBECS method does not apply to buildings outside the US. Unfortunately, the project manager does not know what the modeled consumption was or if it was even modeled. Any ideas regarding an alternate calculation method that would apply to the UAE? Any help is much appreciated.

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Marcus Sheffer

LEED Fellow

7group / Energy Opportunities

LEEDuser Expert

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Sun, 02/12/2012 - 19:21

You can wait and calculate the green power purchase based on the actual electric consumption of the building after it has been occupied for a year.

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