[Bldg-sim] LEED 2009 Modelling - Electric Vehicles and Rainwater Cisterns

Aaron Smith asmith at mreng.ca
Tue Aug 9 07:20:36 PDT 2011


Hi,

 

I'm putting together a LEED 2009 Submission and the rules now state that
"Both the baseline building model and the proposed model must cover all
building energy components." (pg. 286 of LEED Canada 2009).

 

I have no trouble including computer equipment, elevators and exterior
lights but we also have a rainwater cistern pump and electric vehicle
charging stations.  I'm not sure if the electric vehicles should be
considered "building energy components".  As well, both technologies
actually save energy elsewhere (gasoline/diesel and water utility pumping
power) so I don't think we should be penalized in our % energy cost savings
by adding these two energy uses to both reference model and proposed model.
Any thoughts on these?  

 

Cheers,

Aaron

 

Aaron Smith, P.Eng 

LEEDR AP BD+C, M-ASHRAE, Mechanical Engineer



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