<div dir="ltr">I can't imagine why not. I think you will find lots of warehouse/distribution or manufacturing facilities have reached the Gold or Platinum level, and most of those are fenestration-less (or mostly so). If you google LEED Gold Warehouse, a whole pile of them will come up.<div><br></div><div>You wouldn't get much extra credit for daylighting controls under v4 anyways, since it would be required in the baseline as well. Great savings potential with LPD reduction using LEDs though. Plus you probably have a big, wide open roof, so lots of room for PV. </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Elizabeth</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b>Elizabeth Gillmor <font size="1">PE, BEMP, LC, LEED AP</font></b><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:large;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><font color="#38761d" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">e n e r g e t i c s </font></b></span><b><font color="#38761d" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">consulting engineers, llc</font></b></div><div><font size="2" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#666666"><a href="http://energetics-eng.com" target="_blank">energetics-eng.com</a> |</font><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:small"> 303.619.0091</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:36 AM, 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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