[BLDG-SIM] ASHRAE Addendum now allowed for LEED (Major LEED Decision impacting EAc1 Credit )

Brandon Nichols BrandonN at Hargis.biz
Mon May 14 16:10:56 PDT 2007


Thanks Gail very much for the notification, 
 
And thanks to whomever was responsible for convincing USGBC to amend the
process.  Seems like just a month ago I was railing on about this very
topic; now I'm out of excuses for not drafting up an ASHRAE 90.1
Appendix G amendment to address shortcomings in the baseline building
rotation exercise.
 
 
Regards,
 
Brandon Nichols, PE
Mechanical
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From: BLDG-SIM at gard.com [mailto:BLDG-SIM at gard.com] On Behalf Of gail
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 3:02 PM
To: BLDG-SIM at gard.com
Subject: [BLDG-SIM] ASHRAE Addendum now allowed for LEED (Major LEED
Decision impacting EAc1 Credit )


Dear Fellow Energy modelers,

The following posting has been placed on the USGBC website (
http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=2664
<http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=2664> ), which allows the
use of ASHRAE Addenda for all credits referencing ASHRAE standards.



	Use of approved Addenda for ASHRAE Standards referenced in LEED 
	
	Background:
	ASHRAE currently publishes Continuous Maintenance standards
every three years,
	with a Supplement published eighteen months after the Standard
is published. In rare
	cases, addenda are published in between the eighteen-month
periods. LEED 
	development and ASHRAE standards development are not aligned and
many addenda
	have been approved that would be useful for LEED project teams.
	
	Action:
	LEED project teams are required to use the ASHRAE Standard
referenced in the 
	applicable Reference Guide and are permitted to use addenda
within the most recent 
	Supplement to that Standard, as well as any approved addenda
published in between the
	eighteen-month periods. Project teams are responsible for
notifying LEED reviewers of
	the use of ASHRAE addenda utilized at the time of project
documentation submission.
	If a project team elects to use an addendum to an ASHRAE
Standard, this addendum 
	must be applied to the entire LEED submittal.

This should make fenestration modeling much easier for the Baseline Case
for projects opting to follow the Addendum. 




Best Regards,

Gail Stranske

CTG Energetics, Inc.







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