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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=342055722-29112007>This is true, however, even with an existing building,
you as the designer/engineer have the option of "working" the facades and
applying appropriate fenestration, shading, etc... you can still make good/bad
decisions and the fact that your footprint is fixed should not give the design
team a waiver from the fact that the sun still rises in the east and sets in the
west. In fact it may be a benefit if perhaps your building is shaded on
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size=2>Leonard Sciarra, AIA, LEED ap<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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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>Ross-Bain, Jeff<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:40 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
BLDG-SIM@gard.com<BR><B>Cc:</B> keith_lane@g-g-d.com<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[BLDG-SIM] LEED Building Orientation<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Here is my question to
and response from the USGBC regarding this issue:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear LEED
Info,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There has been a lot of
chat on this item and I wonder if there is a USGBC position – I found no
reference to this in the CIR’s:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Do existing buildings
undergoing renovation require the four-point compass orientation
analysis?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">Jeffrey,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face=Calibri size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri">If the
existing building being renovated is pursuing LEED-NC rather than LEED-EB, then
it would indeed be required to undergo the specified analysis. This
analysis is used to establish the baseline for energy performance using the
ASHRAE standard. LEED doesn’t have any specific exemptions for existing
buildings in this requirement, but if ASHRAE has some kind of exemption, we will
honor that.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">So I guess the question
then becomes an interpretation of the Appendix G (Table G3.1 (f)) comment for
existing buildings. Rotate or not?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My take has always been
that new buildings have the option to consider orientation but existing
buildings cannot be re-oriented so rotating the model does not really prove
anything. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any 90.1 code committee
members or others out there have an interpretation?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regards,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
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BLDG-SIM@gard.com [mailto:BLDG-SIM@gard.com] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Neuhauser, Ken<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, November 29, 2007 2:31
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
BLDG-SIM@gard.com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B>
keith_lane@g-g-d.com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
[BLDG-SIM] <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">LEED</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
Orientation</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am not the authority,
Keith, but I believe that your interpretation (that existing buildings do not
get rotated in the baseline) is consistent with the intent of Appendix G.
In new construction, the decisions regarding building orientation will
affect performance and that performance should be measured against the baseline
(although, there are cases, such as a building that adjoins buildings to either
side, where rotating the baseline through all four orientations does not make
sense). If you’re improving an existing building, the existing conditions
of building enclosure components, including orientation, are an appropriate
baseline. When we apply Appendix G to existing buildings, we have also
found that “existing building envelopes” sometimes needs to be parsed into
existing building envelope components. For example, in a mill rehab, the
bearing walls may be serviceable and appropriately modeled “as is” in the
baseline, but missing windows or windows that are clearly not serviceable we
model as per the ASHRAE minimum compliance.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You should note, also,
that an addendum to the standard has removed the provision in the table under
G3.1, 5c to distribute windows uniformly in horizontal bands across the four
orientations. That should make all of our lives
easier.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN lang=DE
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Regards,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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Lane</st1:address></st1:Street><BR><B><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am modeling an existing building
for Energy & Atmosphere Credit 1: Optimize Energy Performance. In LEED and
table G3.1 No. 5(a) of ASHREA Standard 90.1-2004, it states that “the baseline
building performance shall be generated by simulating the building with its
actual orientation and again after rotating the entire building 90, 180, 270
degrees, then averaging the results”. However table G3.1 No. 5(f) of ASHREA
Standard 90.1-2004 states: “for existing building envelopes, the baseline
building design shall reflect existing conditions prior to any revisions that
are part of the scope of work being evaluated.” Would this mean that you do not
need to simulate the building for the four orientations? It just doesn’t seem to
make sense to simulate the building in such a manner if it is existing. I am new
energy modeling for LEED credit and sincerely appreciate any
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