We propose to satisfy this prerequisite requirement for our office facility located in Bermuda by utilizing the Streamlined Procedure provided in the LEED-EB version 2.0 Reference Guide. Due to the fact our office is located in Bermuda, with no Bermudian peer group buildings to compare to and also no comparable climate data within the United States, it is not covered by the Energy Star rating tool typically used to meet this prerequisite. Using the Streamlined procedure would include developing and documenting a building energy baseline from historical energy use data available from the previous six years. The baseline would be from utility information in years 2002, 2003 and 2004. A reduction in annual energy use of at least 10% during the performance period shall be documented against the building energy use performance baseline. Additional Background: Our 144,000 square foot building is an office facility located in Bermuda, that has a health club and had a new data centre added in February 2006. The data centre occupies less than 10% of the building\'s total square footage. The data centre has sub-metering installed to isolate the energy consumption that will be accounted for in the calculations. The metering shall illustrate 12 months of data collection by extrapolating from a minimum of 3 months should 12 months not be available at time of submission. Please advise if the USGBC will accept the Streamlined Procedure for our Bermuda building, as this is the only item preventing us from applying for certification.