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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Ouch.<br>
<br>
I have had these comments before. They want them to match. The
easiest thing would be for the Architect to change their numbers,
but they are not going to like that.<br>
<br>
Have you identified a particular area that doesn't match? It may
be only 3%, and you could argue that, but the ANSI standard for
building area that we are asked to use for homes says within 1 sq.
ft. and that's way less than one percent.<br>
<br>
I'd say it's worth submitting the question to USGBC.<br>
<br>
Actually, 40,000 sq. ft. shouldn't be hard to find... Where is
it? <br>
<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Robert Wichert P.Eng. LEED AP BD&C
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On 2/28/2013 4:40 AM, Jenny Zhang wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All friends,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I got a LEED EA Cr1 review comment from
GBCI. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s about the model area and architecture
Gross square footage. The total building area in the
simulation report is 1,121,319.6 square feet and the area in
architecture documents is 1,161,727.32 square feet. The
comments said that the area value in the model should be
consistent with all other credits and LEED online and/or
provide a supplemental narrative explaining the discrepancy.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As a energy modeller I think all of you
know that the area in the model could not be easily consistent
with the architecture CAD drawings. Although In the footprint
drawing stage I was very care about each floor’ area(because I
understand the area in the model should be consistent with CAD
drawings especially when it was for a LEED model), it still
results discrepancy in the two area values.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now the difference about the two area
values is about 40407.4 sqft (3754sqm), and it is only 3% of
the total area. It’s hard to revise the model in this stage,
but what I should do to explain the discrepancy. Does anybody
here have experience to deal with this problem? And do you
know how much difference (%) could be accepted by the review
team?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your attention.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jie Zhang<o:p></o:p></p>
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