I am working on a project that is a renovation and expansion of the amenity spaces in an existing office building. The amenity spaces consist of a café with dining area, tenant lounge, meeting spaces, and a fitness center with locker rooms. The only FTE employees within the LEED boundary would be the café staff. Should the office building tenants be counted as visitors in the indoor water use reduction calculations? Also the core toilet rooms are in closer proximity to the café than the locker rooms accessed through the fitness center away from the café area. Should the existing core toilet rooms be included in the indoor water use reduction calculations?
Sustainability Director, Certifications & Compliance
Jacobs
LEEDuser Expert
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Mon, 09/27/2021 - 15:52
With both of these aspects, include a short narrative for the reviewers explaining your values. For counting the office tenants as visitors...that's interesting. I can see it going either way. The ID+C Ref Guide does advise to not count retail customers in the calcs, though, so I'm not sure there is a clean answer, depending on how you see your visiting tenants. It'd likely be best to email LEED Coach and ask for this aspect. It wouldn't hurt to spell out your approach for other aspects above, too, while you're at it, and get clear guidance.
Please do post back with your decided approach if you get a chance!