Can anyone share knowledge of a project which received LEED-Gold or
LEED-Platinum certification which featured NO fenestration or skylights?
My gut tells me this would generally be difficult for a few reasons:
1. No possibility for daylighting & views credits
2. No opportunity to earn energy optimization credits with interior
daylight reduction controls
3. No opportunity to earn energy optimization credits for
permanent/automated fenestration shading measures
4. 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?
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!
Kind regards,
~Nick
*NICK CATON, P.E.*
*Owner*
*Caton Energy Consulting*
306 N Ferrel
Olathe, KS 66061
office: 785.410.3317
www.catonenergy.com
Not very human-centric and seems to dismiss the "People" part LEED's goals.
No experience with anything like that, though.
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.
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.
Cheers,
Elizabeth
*Elizabeth Gillmor PE, BEMP, LC, LEED AP*
*e n e r g e t i c s **consulting engineers, llc*
energetics-eng.com | 303.619.0091
if you go to
www.gbig.org
this is on-line database of all LEED projects. If register and sign-in then
go to the very bottom of page for Advanced Search.
Quick look there are 241 registered LEED v4 BD+C NC as of this date and
about 5 achieved certification as of this date, a couple Certified, 1
Silver, 1 Gold. One of the Certified looks like a warehouse.
You could do a search on LEED for Datacenters specifically to see what
turns up and each project has its scorecard, etc. when you go to the
individual project at gbig