Hi,

I'm putting together a LEED 2009 Submission and the rules now state that
"Both the baseline building model and the proposed model must cover all
building energy components." (pg. 286 of LEED Canada 2009).

I have no trouble including computer equipment, elevators and exterior
lights but we also have a rainwater cistern pump and electric vehicle
charging stations. I'm not sure if the electric vehicles should be
considered "building energy components". As well, both technologies
actually save energy elsewhere (gasoline/diesel and water utility pumping
power) so I don't think we should be penalized in our % energy cost savings
by adding these two energy uses to both reference model and proposed model.
Any thoughts on these?

Cheers,

Aaron Smith, P.Eng