EA Credit 2: On-Site Renewable Energy
1–3 Points
Intent
Encourage and recognize increasing levels of on-site renewable
energy self-supply in order to reduce environmental
and economic impacts associated with fossil fuel energy use.
Requirements
Use on-site renewable energy systems to offset building energy cost.
Calculate project performance by expressing
the energy produced by the renewable systems as a percentage of the
building annual energy cost and using the
table below to determine the number of points achieved.
Use the building annual energy cost calculated in EA Credit 1 or use
the Department of Energy (DOE) Commercial
Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) database to determine
the estimated electricity use.
(Table of use for different building types is provided in the
Reference Guide.)
% Renewable Energy Points
2.5% 1
7.5% 2
12.5% 3
Potential Technologies & Strategies
Assess the project for non-polluting and renewable energy potential
including solar, wind, geothermal, lowimpact
hydro, biomass and bio-gas strategies. When applying these
strategies, take advantage of net metering
with the local utility. |
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