[Equest-users] New LEED issues brought up in Final review comments??

[Gail Hampsmire]

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From: Pasha Korber-Gonzalez <pasha.pkconsulting at gmail.com<mailto:pasha.pkconsulting at gmail.com>>
Date: Tue, May 27, 2014 at 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] New LEED issues brought up in Final review comments??
To: James Hansen <JHANSEN at ghtltd.com<mailto:JHANSEN at ghtltd.com>>
Cc: eQUEST Users List <equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org<mailto:equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org>>

Hi James & Nick, and everyone who responded on and offline.  Thanks for your feedback, honesty and support.

Yes, the model was incorrect from the beginning and the documentation was deficient for the first round.  As I moved forward with it, I focused on the LEED comments only, and did not consider outside issues that should have been addressed at the time.  There are many lessons learned on this experience.  :)

I agree with the over all review and the non-compliance, but at such a late point in the game, it sets the whole thing back, and I'm sure the project team would have been happy with a reduction of points, based on their review rather than a full denial.

Either way, I'm sure it is inevitable that a new model will be built for the appeal submission and let's hope that will be a near perfect model and submission and get this model over with..  ;))

Thanks again for all the feedback, great to hear from all of you!

Pasha

On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 1:52 PM, James Hansen <JHANSEN at ghtltd.com<mailto:JHANSEN at ghtltd.com>> wrote:
Nick, Pasha sent me the review comments - turns out the SV-A reports were submitted with the resubmission for the first time, and it is at this point at the LEED reviewer noticed that the building only had 5 total thermal zones, and that some interior and perimeter spaces were combined, and some of the different orientations were combined.

Pasha, I haven't had a chance to write back to you yet (sorry about that), but unfortunately it sounds like you inherited a poorly constructed model.  I don't think you have any option other than to completely rebuild the model from scratch with proper zoning.  How many zones should this building really have?

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