We are working on a multi tenant project and during our performance period the owner lost a large tenant. The tenant loss is not large enough to put the project in jeopardy of qualifying for EBOM certification, but large enough that the FTEs entered into EStar PM should be altered to obtain the true FTE energy use. Should we average the FTEs over the two years of data that we have in EStar? We have asked EStar this question, it took a very long time to get an answer and the answer did not help. Thank you!!
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Eric Johnson
271 thumbs up
December 11, 2013 - 2:12 pm
Depending on the type of project you might find your answer here - http://portfoliomanager.supportportal.com/link/portal/23002/23010/Articl...
here - http://www.energystar.gov/buildings/sites/default/uploads/tools/pm_lp_gu...
or here - http://icma.org/en/icma/knowledge_network/documents/kn/Document/304708/S...
Kelly Webb
Principal & Co-Foundere2e Sustainability Consulting, LLC
December 16, 2013 - 5:23 pm
Another EStar PM question...We have a data room in our building. Our plan is to carve out the data room from our LEED certification because it is less than 10% of the GSF of the building, has its own HVAC unit, is managed and paid for by the data room tenant and the tenant is not cooperative in the LEED process. Is it possible to carve this out of EStar PM also and then explain in a narrative to LEED the GSF <10% discrepancy or do we need to use Case 2 of EAp2/EAc1? It is my understanding that EStar will no longer allow data room exceptions. Thanks for any assistance!
Eric Johnson
271 thumbs up
December 17, 2013 - 9:36 am
Kelly,
I don't think you can just ignore the area.
Try looking here - http://portfoliomanager.supportportal.com/link/portal/23002/23010/Articl...
Here
http://portfoliomanager.supportportal.com/link/portal/23002/23010/Articl...
or here
http://portfoliomanager.supportportal.com/link/portal/23002/23010/Articl...
Vincent Dupuy
Eng., PA LEED BD+CENGIE Services
August 28, 2014 - 9:42 am
I have the same question that Kelly.
I understand that when you want to perform an Energy Star score for a building, you can't remove data center consumption.
But LEED EBOM also enables to remove 10% of the building total area for LEED certification (providing that this 10% are submetered and managed by a third party).
According to my understanding, for LEED, you have to perform an Energy Star score not to the entire building but only for the 90% if you decide to exclude a 10% area. So I dont understand why it would be impossible to exclude the data rooms?
I'm wainting for answers of USGBC but if you can give me information, it would be very helpful!
Thanks!
Eric Anderson
26 thumbs up
September 9, 2014 - 7:05 pm
Both LEED and ENERGY STAR have a rule in which 10% of the building may be excluded from either the LEED requirements or from the building profile in Portfolio Manager in certain situations. However, this rule is not applied the same way in LEED and in Portfolio Manager. The primary difference is that in order for the space to be excluded from Portfolio Manager, it must be a space type that cannot receive an ENERGY STAR score.
Per LEED requirements, the space that is excluded from EAp2 is not required to be a space type that cannot receive an ENERGY STAR score.
For example, for a building that is entirely office that has a data center space that is under separate management, that represents less than 10% of the gross square footage, that is separately metered, and in which the tenant is unwilling to share energy usage data, the project team may exclude the data center space from the building profile in Portfolio Manager (along with the energy usage associated with that space), even though that space is a ratable space type.
Please note that if the data center is a part of or supports a larger space in the building under the same tenancy, unless both the data center and supported space are able to meet the exemption criteria they cannot be excluded.
In this situation, the building would not be eligible to receive the ENERGY STAR but would be complying with LEED requirements for EAp2. While this exception is allowed, it is preferred that the entire building be included in Portfolio Manager.