Energy and water usage reporting to become a precondition of LEED certification.
As part of LEED v3, the
latest version of theU.S. Green Building Council’s
program for green building design, construction, operations and maintenance,
buildings seeking LEED certification will need to submit operational
performance data on a recurring basis as a precondition to certification.
USGBC will be able to use the performance information collected to inform
future versions of LEED.
“Today there is all too often a disconnect, or performance gap, between the
energy modeling done during the design phase and what actually happens during
daily operation after the building is constructed,” saidScot Horst,
Senior Vice President of LEED, U.S. Green Building Council. “We’re
convinced that ongoing monitoring and reporting of data is the single best way
to drive higher building performance because it will bring to light external
issues such as occupant behavior or unanticipated building usage patterns, all
key factors that influence performance.”
Projects can comply with the performance requirement in one of three ways:
1. The building is recertified on a two-year cycle
using LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance.
2. The building provides energy and water usage data on
an on-going basis annually.
3. The building owner signs a release that authorizes
USGBC to access the building’s energy and water usage data directly from the
building’s utility provider.
The requirement creates a data stream on LEED-certified building performance
that can be used by owners and operators to optimize their building performance
and promote the establishment of energy efficiency goals over the life of the building.
“Building performance will guide LEED’s evolution. This data will show us what
strategies work – and which don’t -- so we can evolve the credits and
prerequisites informed by lessons learned,” saidBrendan Owens,
USGBC’s vice president of LEED technical development.
USGBC is currently finding cost-effective
ways for every LEED building to become metered as a way to capture this data.
Source:
USGBC
LEED-Seeking Buildings To Provide Performance Data
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