<div dir="ltr">Don-<br><br>While it is not common, sometimes depending on the utility rate structure and/or mechanical systems this does happen. For example, the 1 Bryant Park (Bank of America) building while it received many LEED EA credits (and a LEED platinum rating) did not really save that much if any in total energy use. The reason for this was its use of an ice storage system which shaves off the peak demand and moves it to off-peak times such as during the night. As long as the utility rates and model were built correctly, I would rest assured that your results are accurate.<br>
<br>-- <br>Steve Mignogna<br>Atelier Ten<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Don Lipinski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donl@auseea.com">donl@auseea.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div>My building model has 3.9% energy savings, but 24.6% savings in energy cost because of heating demand. </div>
<div>The structure is approximately 1 cent per kWh and $12 per kW. All the heating savings, saves on peak demand and therefore saves more money then energy. Since LEED is based on energy cost, is it safe to assume that the my building will achieve the 5 points? Has anyone run across this situation. </div>
<div>thanks, </div>
<div>Don</div></div>
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