We have a small TI project that is struggling with the WEp1 credit. We have built out a suite in a building that already qualified for LEED Certified. We are now struggling to get a 20% further reduction from what the base building has accomplished without affecting the quality for the other residents on our floor. (Kits to reduce urinal and water closet numbers are causing serious water pressure issues.) Can we make the case that the base building already met the 20% reduction and then work on reducing flow within our suite?

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Amy Rider

Sustainability Manager

KEMA Services

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Thu, 12/08/2011 - 16:40

It sounds like you may be submitting under LEED-CI. If that's the case, you can ignore fixtures not in the tenant space.

Garrett Billings

Project Manager

Jones Lang LaSalle

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Thu, 12/08/2011 - 22:11

Thank you Amy! You are correct - it is a CI submittal. With your comment we were able to confirm with our support team we do not need to include the building fixtures. A quick technical question for you, however. We left the fixture table in the form blank and it is stating we have not completed the required documentation for this Pre-req. We 'declared special circumstances' and uploaded the project drawings to show no fixtures and it is still showing we have not met the documentation criteria. Do we submit anyways and assume the reviewer will understand? Again, thank you for your help!

Simon Sue

SL+A INTERNATIONAL ASIA INC.

LEEDuser Premium Member

305 thumbs up

Fri, 12/09/2011 - 01:19

I guess you need to seek gbci to upgrade WEP1 form from Version 3 to Version 4. In the latest form, we could select 4 different scenario. a. tenant space fixtures only b. outside fixture only c. both - outside fixture included d. both - outside fixture excluded.

Garrett Billings

Project Manager

Jones Lang LaSalle

LEEDuser Basic Member

18 thumbs up

Mon, 12/12/2011 - 03:45

Thank you Jason. I'm not able to find anything in the form that gives us the option to chose those scenarios. I'll ask the gbci how we can get them to upgrade the form.

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