<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#b45f06">Not very human-centric and seems to dismiss the "People" part LEED's goals.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#b45f06"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#b45f06">No experience with anything like that, though. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:36 PM, Nicholas Caton via Bldg-sim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Can anyone share knowledge of a project which received LEED-Gold or LEED-Platinum certification which featured NO fenestration or skylights? </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">My gut tells me this would generally be difficult for a few reasons:</p><p><span>1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span>No possibility for daylighting & views credits</p><p><span>2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span>No opportunity to earn energy optimization credits with interior daylight reduction controls</p><p><span>3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span>No opportunity to earn energy optimization credits for permanent/automated fenestration shading measures</p><p><span>4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span>An energy optimization credit “opportunity loss” in the form of zero solar loads (cooling) or conductive loads (heating/cooling) from fenestration. Such a reduction in space conditioning loads would cripple the ability for “quality” HVAC design/equipment to outshine the prescriptive minimums handling those loads…</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I’m asking specifically for a LEEDv4-BD+C project in Climate Zone 1B (very hot + dry, desert climate), but any shared experience or evidence of window-less LEED projects would be very welcome!</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">~Nick</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">NICK CATON, P.E.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><br></span><b><span style="color:#561782">Owner</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#561782"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#561782">Caton Energy Consulting</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d"> 306 N Ferrel</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d"> Olathe, KS 66061</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1f497d"> office: <a href="tel:785.410.3317" value="+17854103317" target="_blank">785.410.3317</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#561782"><a href="http://www.catonenergy.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#561782">www.catonenergy.com</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div>
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