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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=866190123-14052007><FONT
face="Lucida Console" color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks Gail very much for the
notification, </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=866190123-14052007><FONT
face="Lucida Console" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=866190123-14052007><FONT
face="Lucida Console" color=#0000ff size=2>And thanks to whomever was
responsible for convincing USGBC to amend the process. Seems like just a
month ago I was railing on about this very topic; now I'm out
of excuses for not drafting up an ASHRAE 90.1 Appendix G amendment to
address shortcomings in the baseline building rotation
exercise.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Console" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Console"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2>Regards<SPAN
class=866190123-14052007>,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Console"><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=866190123-14052007></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Lucida Console" color=#0000ff size=2>Brandon Nichols,
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> BLDG-SIM@gard.com
[mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>gail<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May
14, 2007 3:02 PM<BR><B>To:</B> BLDG-SIM@gard.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [BLDG-SIM]
ASHRAE Addendum now allowed for LEED (Major LEED Decision impacting EAc1 Credit
)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Dear Fellow Energy modelers,<BR><BR>The following posting has been
placed on the USGBC website <FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(<A
title=http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=2664
href="http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=2664">
http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=2664</A>), which allows the use of
ASHRAE Addenda for all credits referencing ASHRAE
standards.<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Use of approved Addenda for ASHRAE Standards
referenced in LEED</SPAN> </FONT></SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></SPAN>Background:</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ASHRAE currently
publishes Continuous Maintenance standards every three
years,</SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">with a Supplement
published eighteen months after the Standard is published. In
rare</SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">cases, addenda are
published in between the eighteen-month periods. LEED </SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">development and
ASHRAE standards development are not aligned and many
addenda</SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">have been approved
that would be useful for LEED project teams.</SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"></SPAN>Action:</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT
face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">LEED project teams
are required to use the ASHRAE Standard referenced in the
</SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">applicable Reference
Guide and are permitted to use addenda within the most recent</SPAN></FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Supplement to that
Standard, as well as any approved addenda published in between
the</SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">eighteen-month
periods. Project teams are responsible for notifying LEED reviewers
of</SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">the use of ASHRAE
addenda utilized at the time of project documentation
submission.</SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If a project team
elects to use an addendum to an ASHRAE Standard, this addendum
</SPAN></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">must be applied to
the entire LEED submittal.</SPAN></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This should make
fenestration modeling much easier for the Baseline Case for projects opting to
follow the Addendum. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><BR><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Best
Regards,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Gail
Stranske</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">CTG Energetics,
Inc.<BR></SPAN></FONT></P>
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