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The owner has purchased RECs for a percentage of energy use of its whole portfolio of buildings, or campus. Can we earn this credit for a single LEED building with this purchase?

We plan on pursuing this credit only if we need to do so to meet our certification target, i.e. if another credit we are counting on gets rejected. How late can we apply for this credit?

The owner purchases RECs based on an earlier prediction, but our energy model is now showing that we are just a little short of the credit threshold. What should we do?

Our project is outside the U.S. We would like to earn this credit by purchasing RECs, but there are no Green-e options available here. It looks like most Green-e certified power comes from the U.S. What should we do?

We are pursuing this credit outside the U.S., and the owner wants to know if we can buy green power through a provider in our country that is not Green-e certified. We started comparing our national standard to Green-e and quickly found an area where the

Our project will be net-zero energy, i.e. will produce as much or more power than it consumes. Can we earn this credit?

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CI-2009 EAc4:Green Power

Can the project team purchase the RECs?

Crista Shopis

Senior Engineer, LEED AP

Taitem Engineering

LEEDuser Premium Member

6 thumbs up

March 26, 2014

The reference guide states that "the tenant AND project team can purchase Green-e accredited RECs". Does that mean that a member of the project team, like the Architect, could hold the contract for the RECs instead of the owner of the LEED project/tenant of the space? Feels like a weird question to ask.

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Marcus Sheffer

LEED Fellow

7group / Energy Opportunities

LEEDuser Expert

4454 thumbs up

Wed, 03/26/2014 - 20:51

I think anyone can buy them on behalf of the project. Just make sure the purchase reflects the project they were purchase for.

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