Tony Shelton
BS Detector, Esquire
OK, right now California is flat broke and has been paying people with IOU's.
But yet, they still find more ways to screw the people of the state. Being a proponent of states rights, under normal circumstances I couldn't care less what they do, but they are on the verge of a bailout just like the auto companies, so that makes it my business, too.
http://content.usatoday.com/communi...-considers-this-and-new-green-building-code/1
So now they are going into the more conservative areas outside the large cities and forcing "green" construction on them also. This has nothing to do with conserving energy and everything to do with "changing behavior" or the populace. It's right there in the article.
There are NUMEROUS excess costs involved in this LEED certification including inspections and government fees.
I'm involved first hand in this. The air fitration is only a small part of it, but here are some of the costs.
LEED certification requires MERV 14 filtration. Merv 6 filters (which filter AC units more than adequately) can cost as little as $3.00. MERV 14 filters are between $39 and $100......Each. The MERV 6 are changed quarterly for an annual cost of $12. The MERV 14 are changed annually along with the required MERV 6 prefilters behind them for a total cost of $51-$112/yr.......EACH.
Some buildings we service have as many as 174 filters
Adequate filtration - $2088 per year.
LEED filtration - $8874-$19488 per year
As an added bonus, that OVER filtration is hard on the equipment and causes more frequent breakdowns. It also uses more energy to pull air through the fans (energy efficient???? morons.)
All this LEED stuff is an offshoot of the environmental police trying to "change behaviors". It's defies all common sense, but looks good to the news reporters.
Ok, off the soapbox and back in the trenches.:wave2:
But yet, they still find more ways to screw the people of the state. Being a proponent of states rights, under normal circumstances I couldn't care less what they do, but they are on the verge of a bailout just like the auto companies, so that makes it my business, too.
http://content.usatoday.com/communi...-considers-this-and-new-green-building-code/1
So now they are going into the more conservative areas outside the large cities and forcing "green" construction on them also. This has nothing to do with conserving energy and everything to do with "changing behavior" or the populace. It's right there in the article.
There are NUMEROUS excess costs involved in this LEED certification including inspections and government fees.
I'm involved first hand in this. The air fitration is only a small part of it, but here are some of the costs.
LEED certification requires MERV 14 filtration. Merv 6 filters (which filter AC units more than adequately) can cost as little as $3.00. MERV 14 filters are between $39 and $100......Each. The MERV 6 are changed quarterly for an annual cost of $12. The MERV 14 are changed annually along with the required MERV 6 prefilters behind them for a total cost of $51-$112/yr.......EACH.
Some buildings we service have as many as 174 filters
Adequate filtration - $2088 per year.
LEED filtration - $8874-$19488 per year
As an added bonus, that OVER filtration is hard on the equipment and causes more frequent breakdowns. It also uses more energy to pull air through the fans (energy efficient???? morons.)
All this LEED stuff is an offshoot of the environmental police trying to "change behaviors". It's defies all common sense, but looks good to the news reporters.
Ok, off the soapbox and back in the trenches.:wave2: