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NC-v4.1 EAc5:Renewable Energy

Ownership of Off-Site renewable energy production?

Dear all,

how would you evaluate off-site generation of renewable energy in facilities owned by the building owner? Does a contract still need to be in place? Is documentation of the estimated energy output required?

Thank you!

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Wed, 05/12/2021 - 17:31

It depends on the nature of the system procurement. If the owner owns the system then it should be a simple allocation letter demonstrating the system production and allocating all or a portion of the production to the new facility. Make sure the off site system meets the credit criteria.

Mon, 05/17/2021 - 09:59

Thank you Marcus, that sounds possible to document.
 

Thu, 06/24/2021 - 11:40

Thank you verymuch, Marcus. Please provide me with some additional clarifications. The reason is that, we are working on around five LEED-4.1 projects across the country.The Owner/entity is the same for all five buildings and all the solar plants.The building types are only different. Is it possible to consider this Solar PV Plant a Tier 1 project? Rather than being located on site, the PV Plants are located 300m-500m away from the LEED project sites. The owner will povide the required documents related to connected load, Commisioning and RE Credits. I appreciate your help.  

Thu, 06/24/2021 - 13:55

Is this a campus situation?

Thu, 06/24/2021 - 14:07

No. Won't come under campus.

Thu, 06/24/2021 - 14:15

If it is not located within the LEED project boundary then it is not on-site. So sounds like tier 2 to me. There is some predidence for counting off-site renewables as on-site for example in the case of landfill gas so you can try. You could also ask your LEED Coach or submit an interpretation. 

Sun, 06/27/2021 - 06:31

Thank you verymuch, Marcus.

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