Hold a meeting with the tenant, clients, architects, and base building management to discuss each Option 2 path and potential base-building changes needed to earn those options.
Identify a representative from building management who can be contacted for details, documents, and specifications needed to document your chosen paths.
If your project is in a LEED-certified building, request the LEED scorecard and a copy of the LEED certification. This should be sufficient to document this credit and earn five points under LEED-CI.
Consider implementing a strategy from another LEED rating system that is not included in the LEED-CI rating system, such as LEED-NC SSc5.2: Maximize Open Space. The LEED Reference Guide contains a list of credits from other LEED rating systems that are pre-approved for use under this path. In most cases, no special conditions apply, but with some of the energy credits from the LEED-
Select a building that has an onsite renewable energy system that can produce at least 2.5% of the building’s (not just the tenant space’s) total electricity or thermal energy needs. These include:
Aim to locate your tenant space in a building that has reduced its water use by 30% (for the entire building) and has instituted a plan to get future occupants to comply.
