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Warehouses-NC-v4 EAp2:Minimum energy performance

Applicablility of Options for BD+C Rating System

I noticed that three options are available for the energy performance credit: 1) whole-building energy simulation, 2) Prescriptive compliance: ASHRAE 50% Advanced Energy Design Guide, and 3) Prescriptive compliance: Advanced BuildingsTM Core PerformanceTM Guide. The building that I am looking to get LEED certified is a fish scrap fertilizer plant so I was wondering, since option 2 only provides the ASHRAE 50% Design Guide for Small to Medium Office Buildings, for office buildings smaller than 100,000 square feet (9 290 square meters), large hospitals, schools, and retail buildings, would option 2 be an applicable option in the case of the fertilizer plant (which is more of a manufacturing environment)?

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Sat, 04/08/2017 - 18:13

I don't think that either of the prescriptive options are applicable to your situation.

Tue, 04/11/2017 - 00:48

Okay. So the whole building energy simulation would be the most viable option?

Tue, 04/11/2017 - 13:12

It is probably the only option.

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