Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction, LEED BD+C: Schools

Rating System Version

v2 - LEED 2.2, v2 - Schools 2007

Inquiry

A private high school near Denver is a new campus that will consist of 3 main buildings - Arts, Athletics and Academics. The project is currently registered under LEED-NC 2.2 and we plan to use the LEED-NC Application Guide for Multiple Buildings and On-Campus Building Projects to guide us during design and documentation. The owner has chosen to register and pursue certification for the Academics and the Athletics buildings that are in the first phase of construction. They will be tracked and submitted together. The heating and cooling system consists of a central plant located in the Athletics building sized to provided chilled and hot water to all three main buildings (the two currently under design and the third that will follow at some point in the future). Should the energy model use the size of the chiller and boiler even though it is sized for all three buildings? Or should the energy model include a model for the proposed Arts building in order to more accurately determine part load performance and then subtract out the load of the other two buildings (all on a separate meters) when submitting the energy usage per building?