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Our project has a large process load—75%. Despite our efforts to make an efficient HVAC design, the cost savings are minimal. What can we do to earn this prerequisite and be eligible for LEED certification? Is there any flexibility in how we model the p

Can SHGC be higher in the proposed than in the baseline model?

Our process load is higher than 25%. Do we have to justify that?

Do I need to justify the electrical and fuel rates I am using in my model?

Our local code references ASHRAE 90.1-2010. Should I use that for my documentation, or 90.1-2007?

Can I claim exterior lighting savings for canopy lighting even though a baseline model cannot include shading elements?

The project is built on a site with existing exterior lighting installed. How should this be accounted for?

Can mezzanines open to floors below be excluded from the energy model?

How do I provide a zip code for an international location?

For a project outside the U.S., how do I determine the climate zone?

For a project outside the U.S., how do I determine the Target Finder score?

Do hotel rooms need automatic light shut-off control?

How commonly are the 90.1 mandatory compliance forms submitted as part of EAp2/EAc1?

The Section 9 space-by-space method does not include residential space types. What should I use?

Can the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) be used to energy model for LEED?

Is it acceptable to model a split-type AC with inverter technology compressor as a heat pump, like modeling VRF?

Can the Trace 700 'LEED Energy Performance Summary Report' by uploaded to LEED Online in lieu of the Section 1.4 tables spreadsheet?

A portion of our building envelope is historic. Can we exclude it from our model?

Which baseline HVAC system do I use if my building has no heating or air conditioning?

For an existing building, do I need to rotate the model?

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CS-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance

Energy Modeling for a Group Certification

We are working on an open-air shopping mall with 6 buildings arranged around a main "street". Some are attached and some aren't. There is also a parking structure contiguous with 3 of the buildings. We plan to register the project under LEED-CS for a Group Certification. When certifying buildings under the Application Guide for Multiple Buildings & On-Campus Building Projects, according to Appendix A, each building part of a multiple building LEED application must individually meet the requirement of EAp2; the buildings will be aggregated for EAc1. Questions: · Is common area/site lighting, including that in grounds and structured parking, apportioned to each building in the application? · Would apportionment be done on the basis of the area of any one building as a percentage of the total area of all the buildings? · Is common area photovoltaic or other renewable energy system apportioned in the same way to each building? · Is photovoltaic or another renewable energy system installed on one building and which the energy is applied to common area usage apportioned to each building or must it be assigned to the building on which it is installed?

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Tue, 04/09/2013 - 14:20

Hard to say how one would apportion the site lighting. I am not aware of any rule to do so. I would seem to me that you could draw lines on the site plan that make some logical sense and assign the site lighting to each building that way. I don't think the area would be logical way to do it. For the PV I think it would depend on where it feeds into the electrical circuits. If it only feeds one building and not the others then it would only count for that building to demonstrate compliance IMO.

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