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Streamline Your ECM Submissions by Being Clear and Concise
By Grey Fowles
Adopting best practices and then carefully documenting your energy conservation measures (ECMs) are critical to streamlining your LEED submission so it passes review and isn’t returned with a request for a lot more clarification. This is especially important for manufacturers,…
Simplify the LEED Submission for Manufacturing Energy Modeling
By Grey Fowles
Manufacturing energy modeling is a complex, multifunctional and challenging endeavor – especially to get through the LEED process. Manufacturers face hurdles that don't apply to office buildings. Typically manufacturers use a large amount of energy and baselines don’t exist for…
Weathering Complexity to Improve Energy Modeling Accuracy
By Grey Fowles
We aim for simplicity in design. Most architects would love to present a building as a single concept. But even Mies Van Der Rohe -- who loved simplicity – often said, "The devil is in the details." His design of…