CI-v5 EAp4: Energy Metering and Reporting Required
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© Copyright U.S. Green Building Council, Inc. All rights reserved.
Intent
To support energy management practices and facilitate identification of ongoing opportunities for energy and GHG emissions savings by tracking and reporting building energy use and demand.
Requirements
This prerequisite applies only to project scope including at least one of the following:
- An initial fit-out of project with gross area of at least 10,000 square feet (929 square meters).
- An alteration replacing electric power distribution for project with gross area of at least 10,000 square feet (929 square meters).
- New service for electricity, fuel, or thermal energy supplied directly to the tenant by a utility, energy provider, or plant that is not in the building.
- New on-site renewable energy.
Energy Monitoring and Recording
For initial fit-out of interior spaces with gross area of at least 10,000 square feet (929 square meter), install (or use existing) measurement devices to monitor and record tenant energy use per ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1.
The referenced version of Standard 90.1 with errata shall be:
- 2019 or later for projects registered before January 1, 2028.
- 2022 or later for projects registered on or after January 1, 2028.
For initial fit-out of interior spaces fewer than 10,000 square feet (929 square meters), or for all alterations replacing electrical power distribution or providing new energy service directly to the tenant from a utility, energy provider, or plant that is not in the building, provide measurement devices capable of measuring total energy consumption for each new service, at least monthly.
For new on-site renewable energy generation systems installed in the project scope, provide measurement devices capable of measuring renewable energy generation:
- At 15-minute intervals for tenant spaces larger than 10,000 square feet (929 square meters)
- At least monthly for interior spaces fewer than 10,000 square feet (929 square meters)
AND
Report Energy Data
Commit to reporting the following data to USGBC at least annually: monthly energy data for 12 consecutive months of total energy consumption for each tenant-metered energy source; tenant-metered on-site renewable energy generation; and, if available, tenant-metered peak electrical demand. This commitment must carry forward for five years or until the building changes ownership or lessee.
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Credit language
© Copyright U.S. Green Building Council, Inc. All rights reserved.
Intent
To support energy management practices and facilitate identification of ongoing opportunities for energy and GHG emissions savings by tracking and reporting building energy use and demand.
Requirements
This prerequisite applies only to project scope including at least one of the following:
- An initial fit-out of project with gross area of at least 10,000 square feet (929 square meters).
- An alteration replacing electric power distribution for project with gross area of at least 10,000 square feet (929 square meters).
- New service for electricity, fuel, or thermal energy supplied directly to the tenant by a utility, energy provider, or plant that is not in the building.
- New on-site renewable energy.
Energy Monitoring and Recording
For initial fit-out of interior spaces with gross area of at least 10,000 square feet (929 square meter), install (or use existing) measurement devices to monitor and record tenant energy use per ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1.
The referenced version of Standard 90.1 with errata shall be:
- 2019 or later for projects registered before January 1, 2028.
- 2022 or later for projects registered on or after January 1, 2028.
For initial fit-out of interior spaces fewer than 10,000 square feet (929 square meters), or for all alterations replacing electrical power distribution or providing new energy service directly to the tenant from a utility, energy provider, or plant that is not in the building, provide measurement devices capable of measuring total energy consumption for each new service, at least monthly.
For new on-site renewable energy generation systems installed in the project scope, provide measurement devices capable of measuring renewable energy generation:
- At 15-minute intervals for tenant spaces larger than 10,000 square feet (929 square meters)
- At least monthly for interior spaces fewer than 10,000 square feet (929 square meters)
AND
Report Energy Data
Commit to reporting the following data to USGBC at least annually: monthly energy data for 12 consecutive months of total energy consumption for each tenant-metered energy source; tenant-metered on-site renewable energy generation; and, if available, tenant-metered peak electrical demand. This commitment must carry forward for five years or until the building changes ownership or lessee.