Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction

Rating System Version

v2 - LEED 2.2, v2 - LEED 2.0

Inquiry

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Green Office Building will utilize 2.51% renewable energy from photovoltaics collector panels on the roof of the building. The power generated from the PV installation will be used within the building to offset the energy consumption and any surplus energy will be reverse metered. The Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) has a program known as "green tags which are sold by those investing in the cost of a renewable system to individuals, businesses or other organizations, to help support their financial investment. "Green Tags" are the value of the environmental benefits of renewable energy, not the energy itself. DNR would like to sell the Green Tags that this renewable energy will produce. We would like to make certain that participating in the Green Tag program will not negate or effect the calculation for the LEED point for Renewable Energy Credit 2.0. What is a Green Tag? Tradable Renewable Certificates Can Earn Green-e Quality Certification. The Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) has announced that Green-e certification is now available for tradable renewable energy certificates (TRCs)--also known as "green tags." TRCs are an innovative market mechanism with potential to greatly expand markets for renewable energy, and the availability of Green-e Certification will improve customer confidence and facilitate rapid, successful growth of these exciting new markets. TRCs certified by Green-e will directly support generation from newly developed renewable energy facilities--facilities that generate electricity from the sun, the wind, the heat of the Earth, low impact hydropower, or organic fuels (biomass). These certificates are created when a renewable energy facility generates electricity. Because the certificates represent all the features of renewable electricity except the electricity itself, they can be marketed as a separate product and sold, traded, or retired anywhere in the country. The part of renewable energy that is not electricity includes a growing list of valuable attributes, including many positive environmental benefits. TRCs bundle these attributes into a single, marketable commodity. TRCs can be sold independently or combined with "generic" electricity to provide customers with all the benefits of renewable electricity service. Web site - http://www.resource-solutions.org/Green-epage.htm.