Our project building is under the construction and the entire building will be leased by us.
Although interior design and construction will be carried out by us, there might be some portion painted or coated by the basebuilding constructor as part of basebuilding.
Do we need to consider the VOC limits of these basebuilding materials?
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David Posada
Integrated Design & LEED SpecialistSERA Architects
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January 4, 2011 - 11:04 am
It depends on where the LEED project boundary is drawn. I'm assuming your project is the interior construction of the office spaces, but you don't rent or have control over some other part of the building such as the lobby, or common areas. These may be built by the building owner under a different construction contract. Any paints or adhesives that are inside the LEED boundary of your project have to meet VOC limits, but if there are paints used outside of the LEED boundary that are not part of your project you could probably exclude them.