Hi all!
My CS project is an office building. I'm wondering if it's enough if the project has individual radiant control but that there is a max limit of temperature and that the tenant can only decide to have that radiant temperature or turn it off. I read that if a project have radiators where the tenants can adjust the temperature within a certain temperature range that can comply with the credit, but we are having all or nothing. Either you choose to have the radiator on and then you'll be given a temperature or you choose to have the radiator off and then you'll get nothing. This is a kind of individual control since you can decide that you don't want any warmth at your work station from the radiators, but I don't know if this is enough. Any thoughts?
Many thanks in advance!
Lauren Sparandara
Sustainability ManagerGoogle
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August 12, 2013 - 1:11 pm
This is an interesting one, Mathilda. I have seen it asked before but I haven't seen an official answer to it. I apologize for the late response to this question. I am going to try to get you an answer now from the GBCI.
Larissa Oaks
Specialist, LEEDUSGBC
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August 13, 2013 - 12:41 pm
Hi Mathilda,
Yes, as described, this is an acceptable individual thermal comfort control.
Mathilda Jonsson
Environmental Certification Engineer (LEED AP BD+C)Skanska
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August 14, 2013 - 2:09 am
Hi
Thank you for your responses. While I was looking at LEED Online form I realized you had to sign a box insuring that: "Comfort controls offer a range of options to the user and do not function as simple on/off switches". I guess that my projects solution described above falls under "simple on/off switches" since we only have a preset temmperature or nothing, so I'm not sure we can earn this credit. But I still want to hear what GBCI have to say, Lauren.
Lauren Sparandara
Sustainability ManagerGoogle
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August 14, 2013 - 1:23 pm
Hi Mathilda,
Larissa's response was my reference to the GBCI. She actually is with the USGBC so I apologize for the confusion. I agree that there is confusion around this issue. The Reference Guide does not seem to require more than "simple on/off switches" and that this guidance is really coming from the Template itself.
Mathilda Jonsson
Environmental Certification Engineer (LEED AP BD+C)Skanska
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August 15, 2013 - 1:55 am
Ok, so we will meet the credit with this solution? That´s great!