I had a question in regards to the energy and atmosphere credit #5 which states a need for a measurement and verification plan. My questions is does the contractor need to come up with this plan or would it be the designer who is in charge of coming up with the plan and hold the contractor liable for filling out this information once submittals with energy information about the equipment is submitted? Thanks!!
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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February 10, 2017 - 2:06 pm
The designers need to ensure that there is adequate sub-metering in the design to enable the implementation of the M&V Plan. So the Plan should be written during or immediately after design. The contractor is generally only responsible for installing what has been designed. I have never seen a situation where the contractor develops the M&V Plan.
The way this works is that someone creates the M&V Plan during design. This is usually the energy modeler or the commissioning agent. Beyond installing sub-meters, etc. the contractor has nothing to do with it. Once the project is completed and occupied, data is gathered during the M&V period. This is often done by the facility manager and a consultant (usually the energy modeler or at least they are participating) is hired to calibrate the energy model.