New Building vs Existing Building Renovation?

Ashonta Langdon

Librarian

Lord Aeck Sargent

LEEDuser Basic Member

5 thumbs up

March 16, 2012

I have a project where there will be an addition to an existing building that is also being renovated. As far as EAc1 is concerned, for achieving 12% better than baseline for new buildings and 8% better for existing building renovations both awards you 1 point under NC. How do I determine the number of points I can achieve if my project is both a new building and renovation? Can I weight my percentage better than baseline based upon the percentage of new building vs renovation?

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Curt Pascoe

P.E., LEED AP BD+C

Ryan Companies US, Inc.

LEEDuser Basic Member

87 thumbs up

Fri, 03/16/2012 - 14:45

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Marcus Sheffer

LEED Fellow

7group / Energy Opportunities

LEEDuser Expert

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Fri, 03/16/2012 - 14:42

The EAp2 form automatically calculates the weighted average threshold percentage and applies the appropriate number of points.

CHRISTOPHE MATHIEU

Sustainable Design And Construction Consultants, Paris, France

greenaffair

LEEDuser Basic Member

2 thumbs up

Mon, 06/18/2012 - 17:43

Hello Marcus, we are experiencing issues with this credit. The problem is we currently have a 34,6 % gain (part existing, part new) that comes from the EA p2 form, but this stubborn EA c1 form keeps on giving us a 2 points score. That's frustrating ! It seems that Pathes for Option 1 do not automatically change whatever our gain is. In your opinion, is this a IT-related problem or I'm missing something ?

Marcus Sheffer

LEED Fellow

7group / Energy Opportunities

LEEDuser Expert

4454 thumbs up

Mon, 06/18/2012 - 23:52

I am not sure why that happens but I have seen it many times. The reviewer should make sure that the appropriate number of points are awarded no matter what the EAc1 form says.