We are pursuing for LEED v4 certification for an office space under CI category. The office space consists of 2 floors and have approximately a total gross floor area of 5.000 squaremeter (~54.000 squarefeet). (Whole building would approximately have a gross floor area of 50.000 square meter - 540.000 square feet) It is rather a small project with small budget and straightforward design. All design and construction is going to be finished within 4-5 months because all base building systems are in place and there's not too many options to use other HVAC systems than the base building allows. The problem is we know little about the whole building and its physical properties. Specific details regarding the envelope, fenestration assembly, lighting systems of the rest of the base building are not very much available allowing a whole energy building study. (Plus, there's no budget for energy modeling and simulation works.) My question is very straight forward. Can we go ahead with Option 2 - Prescriptive Compliance for this office space?
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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March 12, 2018 - 12:49 pm
Sure, I don't see why not.
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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March 12, 2018 - 1:06 pm
The AEDG envelop provisions may be an exception since the base building is larger than the AEDG allows.
Sustainability Provider
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March 16, 2018 - 9:42 am
Then, except for the envelope provisions, AEDG can be used as a reference and Option 2 can still be pursued for such an office project (~54.000 squarefeet) even though the base building is larger than AEDG allows??
Note: AEDG allows base building up to 100.000 sf. Our base building is larger than this threshold.
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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March 16, 2018 - 12:46 pm
Yes the other provisions do not reference the AEDG at all as I recall.