What it the percentage of renewable energy needed for Core and Shell for exemplar performance?
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CS-v4.1 EAc5: Renewable Energy
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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June 27, 2024 - 4:06 pm
You can look that up in the v4.1 Guide published on the USGBC website. https://www.usgbc.org/articles/leed-link-leed-v41-guides
Here is what it says:
Exemplary Performance
Tier 1: renewable energy generation meets or exceeds 25% of total site energy use.
Tier 2: renewable energy procurement meets or exceeds 60% of total site energy use.
Exemplary performance is not available for Tier 3 renewable energy procurement.
Sofia Barahona
B-green Chile8 thumbs up
June 28, 2024 - 9:15 am
Thank you, Marcus. I reviewed the Reference Guide v4.1 and I am wondering if the exemplary performance compliance threshold applies to all Rating Systems, as in v4 there is a different threshold for Core and Shell.
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
5906 thumbs up
June 28, 2024 - 9:26 am
Did you check the Interpretations? That is the only other place I can think of that would differentiate the rating systems in v4.1 since it has not been incorporated into the Reference Guide.
Sofia Barahona
B-green Chile8 thumbs up
June 28, 2024 - 12:25 pm
I will check. I have also directly contacted the GBCI with this inquiry. I will post their response as soon as I receive it.
Thank you once again, Marcus.
Sofia Barahona
B-green Chile8 thumbs up
June 28, 2024 - 1:51 pm
I got this answer:
"Dear Sofia,
Yes, USGBC confirmed that the thresholds are the same for all rating systems"
So it seems there is no threshold variation on this credit on v4.1