A90.1 for LEED

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Hi,

I'm new(ish) to A90.1 but have been using building simulation tools for a couple of
years. I've had a read of the code itself and the manual (those long winter nights
must simply fly!). However, I've been tasked with producing a report for LEED on a
commercial offices and am a little stumped for a report structure. Could anybody
provide some pointers?

Many thanks

Christopher Malcolm

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I think they like the Annual Building Utility Performance Summary (or ABUPS)

James V. Dirkes II, P.E., LEED AP

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Hi Christopher,

Your task-at-hand isn't clear to me...

1. If you are being asked to prepare a report to explore the
potential for LEED points (and you're in the consulting role for the
building owner/architect/engineers/etc...), then you should let us know
what energy modeling software you're using. If it's eQuest, I'd suggest
including within your report the colorful/informative "Monthly Energy
Consumption by Enduse" and "Annual Utility Bills by Rate" graphical
reports, for both the baseline (90.1) and proposed models.

2. If you're being asked to generate the documents necessary for
submitting to LEED for EAc1 credits, you're advised to start by
downloading the current LEED template for EAc1, if you haven't already.
It does a pretty good job of outlining the kind of information that
needs to be submitted.

NICK CATON, E.I.T.

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Hello,

For international locations A90.1 states:

5.1.4.2 International Locations. For locations in Canada that are listed in Table B-2
in Appendix B, use this table to determine the required climate zone number and, when
a climate zone letter is also required, use Table B-4 and the Major Climate Type
Definitions in Appendix B to determine the letter (A, B, or C). For locations in
other international countries that are listed in Table B-3, use this table to
determine the required climate zone number and, when a climate zone letter is also
required, use Table B-4 and the Major Climate Type Definitions in Appendix B to
determine the letter (A, B, or C). For all international locations that are not
listed either in Table B-2 or B-3, use Table B-4 and the Major Climate Type
Definitions in Appendix B to determine both the climate zone letter and number.

With the emphasis on the statement "when a climate zone letter is also required,
...", does anybody know what triggers the requirement for a climate zone letter? I've
found one international location to yield different zones via table B-3 and B-4. What
do I do in this situation?

Best regards

Chris

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