Has anyone earned this pilot credit on a core and shell building?

Jason Packer

Principal

Recollective Consulting

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U.S. and Canada

December 11, 2019

We're working on a 15-storey core and shell mixed use office building in the Pacific North West. There is a 3-story podium level that has an allowed light manufacturing and other uses including potentially a craft brewery. Current design includes non-evaporative heat rejection on the roof.

Depending on the type of tenant going into the podium, additional cooling may be required, and would be installed as part of a tenant improvement. Space and connections for an additional heat rejection unit on the roof are in the design.

Would all agree that if we want to earn the "no cooling tower" credit, we would require tenant lease restrictions disallowing evaporative cooling for any future TI? Has anyone earned the credit this way?

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Adriana Hansen

Manager

CTE - Centro de Tecnologia de Edificações

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Wed, 09/30/2020 - 02:52

Hi, we already earned the credit WEpc94: No cooling tower in CS buildings, but in which there were no possibility of additional cooling to be installed by tenants. We believe that for earning this credit you need to guarantee that the benefit and goal of this credit will be maintained in the operational phase of the building, and the TSLA could be an option. We would recommend a CIR.

Daria Blanc-Mathieu

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Mon, 02/08/2021 - 08:29

Hi, We already earned this pilot credit for C&S projects. However, it was clear that tenants would not need to install any additional cooling (office buildings).