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CORE AND SHELL PROJECTS

For Core and Shell projects, peak electric demand or coincident peak thermal demand must be determined for the whole building energy use, inclusive of expected tenant energy.

Owners may provide an option for future tenants to opt out of participation in the DR program. It is highly recommended that owners include educational information on the importance of the DR program, including environmental and resilience benefits.

Option 1. Energy Storage Same as LEED BD+C: New Construction, Option 1.

Option 2. Demand Response Program Same as LEED BD+C: New Construction, Option 2.

Option 3. Automated Demand-Side Management Same as LEED BD+C: New Construction, Option 3, plus:

For Core and Shell projects, the tenant lease agreement must describe details of what systems are included in the automatic DR control. Communicating this information is important for both the base building systems and for any systems that may impact the tenant spaces.

Additionally, include language describing any tenant efforts to integrate their systems with the DR controls, as applicable.

Option 4. Power Resiliency Same as BD+C: New Construction, Option 4.

District Energy Systems (DES) For projects documenting energy efficiency savings for a campus district energy system in EAc3: Enhanced Energy Efficiency, the district energy must be included in the determination of peak electric demand.

Grid-interactive strategies applied to the DES system may be used to document achievement of Option 1, Option 3, and Option 4 at the building level.

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