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Tristan Roberts
LEED AP BD+C, LFA
The Laurentia Project, HPDC
Technical Director
SPECIAL REPORT
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Intent
To avoid development on inappropriate sites. To reduce vehicle distance traveled. To enhance livability and improve human health by encouraging daily physical activity.
Requirements
Locate the project within the boundary of a development certified under LEED for Neighborhood Development (Stage 2 or Stage 3 under the Pilot or 2009 rating systems, Certified Plan or Certified Project under the LEED v4 rating system).
Projects attempting this credit are not eligible to earn points under other Location and Transportation credits.
Points are awarded according to the following table.
Table 1. Points for LEED-ND location
| Certification level | Points BD&C | Points BD&C (Core and Shell) |
Points BD&C (Schools) |
Points BD&C (Healthcare) | Points ID&C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| Silver | 10 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
| Gold | 12 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 12 |
| Platinum | 16 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 18 |
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Cost estimates for this credit
On each BD+C v4 credit, LEEDuser offers the wisdom of a team of architects, engineers, cost estimators, and LEED experts with hundreds of LEED projects between then. They analyzed the sustainable design strategies associated with each LEED credit, but also to assign actual costs to those strategies.
Our tab contains overall cost guidance, notes on what “soft costs” to expect, and a strategy-by-strategy breakdown of what to consider and what it might cost, in percentage premiums, actual costs, or both.
This information is also available in a full PDF download in The Cost of LEED v4 report.
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© Copyright U.S. Green Building Council, Inc. All rights reserved.
Intent
To avoid development on inappropriate sites. To reduce vehicle distance traveled. To enhance livability and improve human health by encouraging daily physical activity.
Requirements
Locate the project within the boundary of a development certified under LEED for Neighborhood Development (Stage 2 or Stage 3 under the Pilot or 2009 rating systems, Certified Plan or Certified Project under the LEED v4 rating system).
Projects attempting this credit are not eligible to earn points under other Location and Transportation credits.
Points are awarded according to the following table.
Table 1. Points for LEED-ND location
| Certification level | Points BD&C | Points BD&C (Core and Shell) |
Points BD&C (Schools) |
Points BD&C (Healthcare) | Points ID&C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
| Silver | 10 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
| Gold | 12 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 12 |
| Platinum | 16 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 18 |
Cost estimates for this credit
On each BD+C v4 credit, LEEDuser offers the wisdom of a team of architects, engineers, cost estimators, and LEED experts with hundreds of LEED projects between then. They analyzed the sustainable design strategies associated with each LEED credit, but also to assign actual costs to those strategies.
Our tab contains overall cost guidance, notes on what “soft costs” to expect, and a strategy-by-strategy breakdown of what to consider and what it might cost, in percentage premiums, actual costs, or both.
This information is also available in a full PDF download in The Cost of LEED v4 report.
Learn more about The Cost of LEED v4 »LEEDuser expert
Tristan Roberts
LEED AP BD+C, LFA
The Laurentia Project, HPDC
Technical Director