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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>For LEED purposes, the EAP2
requirement will be met by certifying that you meet the mandatory requirements
in the standard, and any one of:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Prescriptive
compliance with standard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Performance compliance
with standard (ECB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>Earning at least one
point through EAC1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Now, it is a different question
whether your local building code official will accept the “one or more
EAC1 points” point argument, along the lines of what you’ve pointed
out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> BLDG-SIM@gard.com
[mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Peter Alspach<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 12, 2007 4:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> BLDG-SIM@gard.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [BLDG-SIM] LEED EA Prerequisite 1 and eQUEST<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>It is my understanding that what you state below is not actually
correct. demonstrating savings via Appendix G does not demonstrate compliance
with the standard. If you do not meet the mandatory provisions you do not meet
the prerequisite. If you do not meet the prescriptive requirements then
officially you need to demonstrate compliance via the ECB method (chapter 11)
in a pass/fail mode. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>provided you pass, then you use Appendix G to demonstrate savings.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>all - correct me if I am wrong here.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Peter</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> BLDG-SIM@gard.com
[mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Vikram Sami<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 12, 2007 12:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> BLDG-SIM@gard.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [BLDG-SIM] LEED EA Prerequisite 1 and eQUEST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Thanks to everyone for weighing in on this. It turns out my
question regarding LEED was a little premature - you can use your Appendix G
documentation for this.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Which brings up the question - given that LEED now requires a
minimum of 2 energy reduction credits to be earned, what's the point of the
prerequisite documentation? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Vikram Sami,</span></b>
<span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>LEED AP</span> <br>
<span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:black'>Direct Phone
404-253-1466 | Direct Fax 404-253-1366</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:maroon'>L</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:maroon'>ORD</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:maroon'>, A</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:maroon'>ECK</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:maroon'> & S</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:maroon'>ARGENT</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:maroon'> A</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:maroon'>RCHITECTURE</span><br>
</b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>1201
Peachtree Street NE, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30361</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Responsive Design</span>
<span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span> <span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Technological Expertise</span>
<span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span> <span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Exceptional Service</span>
<br>
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<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:green'>Please don't
print this email unless you really have to</span></b><i><span style='font-family:
"Garamond","serif";color:green'>.</span></i> <br>
<i><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:green'>In the United
States, we use enough office paper each year to build a 10-foot high wall
that’s 6,815 miles long or two and a half times the distance from New
York to Los Angeles. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><i><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:green'>~ Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources, “Recycling Facts and Figures,”
PUBL CE-163, 2002.</span></i> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> BLDG-SIM@gard.com
[mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Aulbach, John<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 12, 2007 2:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> BLDG-SIM@gard.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [BLDG-SIM] LEED EA Prerequisite 1 and eQUEST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>Vik:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:blue'>eQuest in its present form only can develop California Title 24
forms. There IS a 90.1 Version in the works, but it is not yet available. Stay
tuned.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> BLDG-SIM@gard.com
[mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Doug Gwaltney<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 12, 2007 11:15 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> BLDG-SIM@gard.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [BLDG-SIM] LEED EA Prerequisite 1 and eQUEST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Vik,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
believe eQUEST will only produce overall performance for Title 24 not the
prescriptive forms.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><ns0:PersonName>Doug
Gwaltney</ns0:PersonName></span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Barrett,
Woodyard & Associates</span></b><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><ns0:phone
ns1:phonenumber="$6810$$$">770.810.8800</ns0:phone> Office <ns0:phone
ns1:phonenumber="$6301$$$">678.301.2235</ns0:phone> Direct</span><span
style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><ns0:phone
ns1:phonenumber="$6810$$$">770.810.8808</ns0:phone> Fax</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> BLDG-SIM@gard.com
[mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Vikram Sami<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 12, 2007 11:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> BLDG-SIM@gard.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [BLDG-SIM] LEED EA Prerequisite 1 and eQUEST</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Has anyone
used eQUEST to document the EA prerequisite (compliance with 90.1 or other
codes)? I suspect eQUEST does not do that for anything other than Title 24 - am
I correct? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Vikram Sami,</span></b> <span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>LEED AP</span> <br>
<span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Direct Phone 404-253-1466 | Direct
Fax 404-253-1366</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:maroon'>L</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:maroon'>ORD</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:maroon'>, A</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:maroon'>ECK</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:maroon'> & S</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:maroon'>ARGENT</span></b><b><span
style='font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:maroon'> A</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif";color:maroon'>RCHITECTURE</span><br>
</b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>1201
Peachtree Street NE, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30361</span> <br>
<span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Responsive Design</span>
<span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span> <span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Technological Expertise</span>
<span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Symbol'>·</span> <span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Exceptional Service</span>
<br>
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16.67 reams of copy paper or 8,333.3 sheets<br>
~Conservatree, September 2002</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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