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CI-2009 EAc4:Green Power

LEED EB / CI RECS-is sharing double-counting or tenant advantage

We have an EBOM property that was certified with 100% RECs in 2009, and we've been maintaining the purchases of RECs for recert in 2014. We have a major tenant, 80% SF of our building, who is renovating and performing LEED-CI certification. They are asking us if they can use our 100% kWh and gas REC offset purchase agreement for their current certification. Understood that LEED offers 5 points (SS1)in LEED-CI for being in a LEED EBOM certified building. The question: is it correct to ask the tenant to purchase REC's for their portion (wouldn't that be double-dipping on the REC side), or does LEED/GBCI consider it double-dipping with the tenant trying to use an agreement that the building owner purchased? (By the way, the building owner was under the impression that his REC purchase would be used by the tenant, and that was a "plus" with being a tenant in his building.) Also, understood if this CI tenant is 80% of occupancy, they could only use 80% of the REC agreement's kWh & gas offsets purchased for EBOM. Thanks!

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Marcus Sheffer
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Mon, 09/03/2012 - 18:31

Interesting situation. There is precedence for making a large REC purchase and then allocating the RECs to different projects (i.e. universities. large government purchases). These are typically however under the same owner and involve large REC purchases way over 100% of any one building. On the other had it sounds like all the RECs have already been allocated to certified project and I am not aware of a situation where RECs have been reallocated after they have been allocated. So not sure I have the answer. Sounds like a LEED Interpretation to me.

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