LEED v2009
Core & Shell
Sustainable Sites
Tenant Design and Construction Guidelines

CS-2009 SSc9: Tenant Design and Construction Guidelines

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Requirements

Publish an illustrated document that provides tenants with the following design and construction information:

  • A description of the sustainable design and construction features incorporated in the core & shell project and the project’s sustainability goals and objectives, including those for tenant spaces.
  • Information on LEED for Commercial Interiors and how the core and shell building contributes to achieving these credits.
  • Information that enables a tenant to coordinate space design and construction with the core and shell’s building systems. Specific LEED 2009 for Commercial Interiors credits to be addressed when applicable include the following:
  • Water use reduction.
  • Optimize energy performance, lighting power.
  • Optimize energy performance, lighting controls.
  • Optimize energy performance, HVAC.
  • Energy use and metering.
  • Measurement and verification.
  • Ventilation and outdoor air delivery.
  • Construction indoor air quality management.
  • Indoor chemical and pollutant source control.
  • Controllability of systems.
  • Thermal comfort.
  • Daylighting and views.
  • Commissioning.
  • Elimination or control of environmental tobacco smoke.
  • Recommendations, including examples, for sustainable strategies, products, materials, and services.
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Steve Loppnow

LEED AP BD+C, Homes, EB:OM

Stok
Sustainability Account Manager

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Credit language

USGBC logo

© Copyright U.S. Green Building Council, Inc. All rights reserved.

Requirements

Publish an illustrated document that provides tenants with the following design and construction information:

  • A description of the sustainable design and construction features incorporated in the core & shell project and the project’s sustainability goals and objectives, including those for tenant spaces.
  • Information on LEED for Commercial Interiors and how the core and shell building contributes to achieving these credits.
  • Information that enables a tenant to coordinate space design and construction with the core and shell’s building systems. Specific LEED 2009 for Commercial Interiors credits to be addressed when applicable include the following:
  • Water use reduction.
  • Optimize energy performance, lighting power.
  • Optimize energy performance, lighting controls.
  • Optimize energy performance, HVAC.
  • Energy use and metering.
  • Measurement and verification.
  • Ventilation and outdoor air delivery.
  • Construction indoor air quality management.
  • Indoor chemical and pollutant source control.
  • Controllability of systems.
  • Thermal comfort.
  • Daylighting and views.
  • Commissioning.
  • Elimination or control of environmental tobacco smoke.
  • Recommendations, including examples, for sustainable strategies, products, materials, and services.
See all forum discussions about this credit »

Checklists

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Documentation toolkit

The motherlode of cheat sheets

LEEDuser’s Documentation Toolkit is loaded with calculators to help assess credit compliance, tracking spreadsheets for materials, sample templates to help guide your narratives and LEED Online submissions, and examples of actual submissions from certified LEED projects for you to check your work against. To get your plaque, start with the right toolkit.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I use tenant guidelines to demonstrate compliance with other LEED credits besides SSc9?

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Guest expert

Steve Loppnow

LEED AP BD+C, Homes, EB:OM

Stok
Sustainability Account Manager