If the tenant guidelines include any requirements on the part of the building owner, be sure to collect any required verification of tenant compliance.
Upload the tenant guidelines to LEED Online. Someone, typically the owner or owner’s representative, will also need to sign the LEED Online credit form, verifying that the guidelines meet the requirements of the LEED credit.
Confirm that all LEED-CS efforts that contribute to the achievement of LEED-CI are properly documented in the tenant guidelines. It’s a good idea to include a LEED-CI scorecard that spells out these areas.
Go back to your outline and fill in missing details on products, systems, actual goals met, and illustrations. The Documentation Toolkit provides a sample tenant guidelines outline and template.
If including cut sheets in the tenant guidelines, the design team should track and collect product data sheets on all low-emitting materials, as well as those containing recycled content, and regional materials;
Start developing the tenant guidelines by providing an outline of materials and systems essential to the sustainability of your CS building. Details of energy and water savings and exact products used can be filled in once they are finalized. Many projects choose to structure their guidelines in a credit-by-credit list.
When several contractors are engaged simultaneously in various components of the comprehensive plan, the staff member responsible for plan oversight should review all proposed activities before implementation to ensure an effective and coordinated effort.
Include information on LEED-CI and how the core-and-shell portion of the building can contribute to the achievement of LEED-CI, as well as how a tenant could incorporate core-and-shell items (such as base mechanical equipment, water fixtures, and submetering) into a CI project. This portion of the guidelines usually comprises the bulk of them and provides tenants with educational information, recommendations for meeting LEED-CI, strategies for sustainability measures, product information, and helpful contacts.
