Speculative Retail - No Meters Provided.

Ciaran McCabe

Director

Passive Dynamics Sustainability Consultants

LEEDuser Basic Member

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December 7, 2016

Im working on a mixed use development that consists of office space and retail units. The retail units will be leased as "grey box" therefore we do not provide energy meters however we will be metering the energy end uses from the offices. The fact that we are not providing meters for the speculative retail units does this impact in terms of going for this credit. Is there any options available for parts of a building / development where energy end use metering are not provided ?

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Ciaran McCabe

Director

Passive Dynamics Sustainability Consultants

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Wed, 12/07/2016 - 21:41

Just adding to the above we are assuming basline systems for all retail units - therefore not claiming any savings. Does this make any difference in terms of the required metering infrastructure.

Marcus Sheffer

LEED Fellow

7group / Energy Opportunities

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Thu, 12/08/2016 - 17:17

It is often the best way to calibrate an energy model but metering is not required. The Plan needs to explain how you would calibrate the energy model without these meters. This often requires more time post-occupancy to gather the data you need. The M&V needs to cover the whole building. If you are making any envelop improvements, for example, then that will impact the heating and cooling energy use in the retail spaces.

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