WASHINGTON — The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the release of its updated Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Demand Response Pilot Credit. Originally launched in 2010, the revised Demand Response Pilot Credit establishes guidelines that are expected to increase participation in automated demand response programs. Leading industry experts from the Demand Response Research Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Schneider Electric, and Skipping Stone contributed to the development of the credit.
LEED projects that satisfy the credit by demonstrating the ability to shift energy consumption during peak events by 10 percent of peak load demand will earn a point towards LEED certification when they participate in existing utility-sponsored demand response programs that meet guidelines established in the pilot credit. Additional points are available for projects that implement semi or fully automated demand response programs in their buildings.