[Bldg-sim] No Windows ... LEED Platinum?

[Elizabeth Gillmor via Bldg-sim]

I can't imagine why not.  I think you will find lots of
warehouse/distribution or manufacturing facilities have reached the Gold or
Platinum level, and most of those are fenestration-less (or mostly so).  If
you google LEED Gold Warehouse, a whole pile of them will come up.

You wouldn't get much extra credit for daylighting controls under v4
anyways, since it would be required in the baseline as well.​  Great
savings potential with LPD reduction using LEDs though.  Plus you probably
have a big, wide open roof, so lots of room for PV.

Cheers,
Elizabeth


*Elizabeth Gillmor  PE, BEMP, LC, LEED AP*

*e n e r g e t i c s  **consulting engineers, llc*
energetics-eng.com | 303.619.0091

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Nicholas Caton via Bldg-sim <
bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org> wrote:

> Can anyone share knowledge of a project which received LEED-Gold or
> LEED-Platinum certification which featured NO fenestration or skylights?
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> My gut tells me this would generally be difficult for a few reasons:
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> 1.       No possibility for daylighting & views credits
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> 2.       No opportunity to earn energy optimization credits with interior
> daylight reduction controls
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> 3.       No opportunity to earn energy optimization credits for
> permanent/automated fenestration shading measures
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> 4.       An energy optimization credit “opportunity loss” in the form of
> zero solar loads (cooling) or conductive loads (heating/cooling) from
> fenestration.  Such a reduction in space conditioning loads would cripple
> the ability for “quality” HVAC design/equipment to outshine the
> prescriptive minimums handling those loads…
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> I’m asking specifically for a LEEDv4-BD+C project in Climate Zone 1B (very
> hot + dry, desert climate), but any shared experience or evidence of
> window-less LEED projects would be very welcome!
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> Kind regards,
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> ~Nick
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> *NICK CATON, P.E.*
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