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  • Space heating

    • SWH

    • Cooking and other process loads

Criteria per system type:

  • Do not install on-site combustion equipment.

AND

  • Combined weighted average equipment efficiency for space heating system type and SWH system type must be at least 1.8 COP for initial build-out construction or at least 1.2 COP for alterations.

The following equipment may be excluded from the COP determination:

  • Space heating equipment in climate zones 0–2

  • Supplemental heating equipment designed only for operation at low temperatures

  • SWH equipment in nonresidential spaces complying with the point-of-use water heater criteria in ASHRAE 90.1-2022, Section 11.5.2.3.3, W05, without exceptions

Table 2. Points for achievement of base building performance and tenant performance

Base building documentationCol2Col3Minimum system types in
project scope complying
with criteria
Points
awarded

LEED
rating
system(s)

LEED EA credit name
and credit option
Base building
minimum
threshold
Base building
minimum
threshold
Base building
minimum
threshold

LEED v5
BD+C
EAc1: Electrification

1 point
None
1

LEED v5
BD+C
EAc1: Electrification

2 points

None

2

LEED v5
BD+C
EAc1: Electrification

3 points

At least one, or all systems in
scope

3

LEED v5
BD+C
EAc1: Electrification
4 points

At least two, or all systems in
scope
4

LEED v5
BD+C
EAc1: Electrification
5 points (NC)
4 points (CS)

All systems in scope
5
LEED v5
O+M:
Existing
Buildings
EAc1: GHG Emissions
Reduction
Performance, Option
1,GHG From On-Site
Combustion

2 points
None
1
LEED v5
O+M:
Existing
Buildings
EAc1: GHG Emissions
Reduction
Performance, Option
1,GHG From On-Site
Combustion

3 points

None

2
LEED v5
O+M:
Existing
Buildings
EAc1: GHG Emissions
Reduction
Performance, Option
1,GHG From On-Site
Combustion

4 points

At least one, or all systems in
scope

3
LEED v5
O+M:
Existing
Buildings
EAc1: GHG Emissions
Reduction
Performance, Option
1,GHG From On-Site
Combustion
5 points

At least two, or all systems in
scope
4
LEED v5
O+M:
Existing
Buildings
EAc1: GHG Emissions
Reduction
Performance, Option
1,GHG From On-Site
Combustion
6 points
All systems in scope
5

For all options

Equipment efficiency (for Options 1 and 2) Determine weighted average COP using either of the following:

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