A few quick questions.
First: how strict is the USGBC on types of services and do they have to be on the "Example" list?
Second: can you count 3 restaurants count as 3 of the 10 or can you only count one service once?
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Jim McCarty
Senior Project ManagerCatalyst Partners
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October 8, 2010 - 8:05 am
A project can count only two restaurants toward the ten services.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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October 8, 2010 - 8:45 am
Andrew, I think you'll find this discussion on the NC forum for this credit quite helpful.What services did you have in mind?
Andrew Laing, LEED AP BD+C
Vice PresidentCassidy Turley
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October 8, 2010 - 11:36 am
Thank you Jim and Tristan.
On Jim's comment, can you only double up on one of the 10? For instance can you count 2 restaurants, 2 supermarkets, 2 libraries, etc?
On Tristan's comment, other services I was considering are: coffee, bookstore, large mall (department stores, clothing, electronics, sporting goods, etc)...
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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October 8, 2010 - 11:43 am
There is a specific exception allowing two restaurants to be counted.Coffee sounds like too similar to restaurant to me.I doubt that a "mall" could be considered a service but perhaps some of the stores if they qualify.I think you may be able to get some traction with these but I would be a bit concerned about the consumer focus. Many of the basic services listed in the credit language are just that—key services needed for life. I haven't seen this articulated as a requirement—just a thought in terms of what you choose to submit with.
Jim McCarty
Senior Project ManagerCatalyst Partners
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February 10, 2011 - 9:30 pm
USGBC recently clarified that three restaurants can be counted for LEED-CI.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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February 10, 2011 - 9:48 pm
JIm, that's very interesting. Where did this clarification appear?
Brian Leet
Freeman French FreemanNovember 27, 2012 - 12:34 pm
This is now twenty months old, so does that mean that the three restaurant option was never verified? My early copy of the LEED-CI reference guide clearly indicates two.
Ellen Mitchell
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November 27, 2012 - 2:33 pm
Hi Brian - I have never heard of the clarification allowing more than 2 restaurants to count and a quick search of the interpretation and addendum database turns up nothing. Hopefully Jim can show us where he saw this clarification?
Christopher Shaw
Seeberger Architecture27 thumbs up
April 9, 2013 - 4:09 pm
I know this thread is old but seems an appropriate to my question. In the LEED - CI reference guide the example they give lists one dental office and one medical office (but they also list 12 basic services). If you have just ten services can one be a dental office and one a medical one, though those two are listed as a single item on the credit criteria?
Ellen Mitchell
331 thumbs up
April 9, 2013 - 4:16 pm
I have never noticed that before - good catch! However, the examples of basic services that they outline in the requirements section clearly states medical or dental office, so my guess is that you can only use one or the other to get to 10.
Neil Rosen
Director of SustainabilityNorthwell Health
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May 5, 2015 - 12:44 pm
I know I'm answering an old post, but believe it or not it's one or the other with regards to medical and dental. I've tried to get this reconsidered by high ranking folks at GBCI to no avail. I guess it's OK to have your appendix taken out by a dentist...