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NC-2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
I recently noticed LEED Reference Guide for EAc1 Example Option 1 (p278) says we need to redistribute the window to wall ratio uniformally on each orientation of the building. However, before I submitted my model simply by copying the proposed geometry into baseline (provided WWR
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Marcus Sheffer
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April 29, 2015 - 12:10 pm
Projects are not required to redistribute with windows in the Baseline model. This is a mistake in the Reference Guide and was probably corrected by addenda. Redistribution of windows goes back to 90.1-2004 and there was an addendum to it that removed this requirement.
You did not get a comment because you do not have to redistribute the windows in the Baseline unless the Proposed is >40% in which case the Baseline is adjusted down to 40% by evenly redistributing the window area.