Don’t forget to provide calibration documentation for any meters or submeters being claimed for credit towards achieving WEc1.
Submetering at the space level will not help a project building achieve WEc1 Option 2 for submetering. Qualifying types of submeters for this credit include irrigation, indoor plumbing fixtures/fittings, cooling tower water, domestic hot water, or process water use. You also need to demonstrate that the submeter(s) chosen are metering at least 80% of the total water consumption for that subsystem for the whole building (and 100% for cooling tower water subsystems).
Track all energy efficiency measures implemented and their associated (or anticipated/projected) energy savings. Convert these savings into emissions to document emissions reductions.
Vendors are critical to achieving this credit. Make sure the vendors are up to speed on the requirements. Moreover, have a check-in each time the pest vendor visits the building to ensure best practices are being followed.
Revise your inventory to only include pesticides listed as Tier 3 (least-toxic) in the San Francisco Pesticide Hazard Screening List. From your inventory, be sure to communicate those pesticides that shouldn't be used anymore.
Check in each time the pest vendor visits the building to ensure best practices are being followed and only acceptable pesticides are being used.
Be sure to include the right inputs in the Credit Form.
For equipment life (yrs), use the default values provided for different equipment types in the LEED-EBOM Reference Guide, unless documentation can be provided to justify an alternative value.
For days since refrigerant last added, if the days since refrigerant was last added is more than 365 days, use 365 as the input.
The end-of-life refrigerant Mr (%) value should be the default value of 10% for all equipment types, unless documentation can be provided to justify an alternative value.
Be sure to include refrigerants used in data centers and commercial kitchens, which are often left off. Also make sure that the equipment included on the Form is consistent with the equipment listed in the systems narrative and equipment schedule provided with PIf4.
Equipment listed in EAp3 and EAc5 must be consistent.
The credit forms for EAp3 and EAc5 are linked. If you are pursuing EAc5, make sure that the credit form version is the same as EAp3. If the credit forms for EAp3 and EAc5 are different versions (which would potentially happen if you attempted the EAc5 in LEED Online at a later date that when you had attempted EAp3) the form for EAc5 will not auto-populate, and you will not be able to complete the credit form. The best thing to do is to request updated forms from GBCI before submitting your application.