<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Friends,</span></font></p>
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We have a central plant serving an existing building and an renovated building
in Washington, DC . We are applying for LEED-NC for the
renovated building. We are required to follow the “Required treatment of
District thermal energy in LEED-NC version 2.2” method for our EAc1
credits.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> Does anyone have an advice on what utility rates can be used for
chilled/hot water. Although we have a source for district steam rates I am not able find chilled water rates. The <a href="http://eia.doe.gov/" target="_blank">eia.doe.gov</a>
site does not seem to provide the rates either. Also, I am not sure if
we are justified in using commercial rates which can be significantly
higher as they include delivery and service charges. </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">
The rates used can have a significant impact on the total savings as they determine
the proportion of electricity and chilled/hot water costs.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">thanks for your responses,</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">raj</span></font></p><!-- cg22.c4.mail.gq1.yahoo.com compressed/chunked Mon Dec 14 18:44:06 PST 2009 -->
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