Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction

Rating System Version

v2 - LEED 2.2

Inquiry

The plant in the Northwest building will be sized for the cooling load of the new building and will be equipped with high efficiency electric chillers (approximately 5,000 tons) that do not contain CFC\'s. The chilled water distribution system will be cross connected with the campus-wide system that is fed from an existing plant that uses HFC (5,000 tons), HCFC (2,000 tons) and CFC (6,000 tons) chillers. The University plans to replace 3,500 tons of CFC based chillers with 4,000 ton s of non-CFC based chillers at the existing plant before 2007. The plants will be operated in parallel to serve the campus peak load, which will be approximately 15,000 tons when the Northwest plant comes on line in 2007. The design intent is to operate the older, less efficient remaining CFC based chiller in a lag position. Does the Northwest building\'s project meet Prerequisite EA-3?