Our particular project consists of a 400sqm 1 floor "Box" (walls and roof) to be built in its entirety inside a much larger existing warehouse, which itself is part of a large industrial complex (besides the floor, no surface of the "Box" will have direct contact with the exterior). The project will consist of 3 separate spaces, 1 to be used as office space and the other 2 to be used for specific manufacturing processes. A new AHU will be installed for air supply and exhaust exclusively for the "Box", but will be using cold and hot water from the chiller and boiler feeding the entire building.
The whole building is the property of a single owner and the activities which will be performed inside the "Box" do not vary from the ones performed in the spaces around it (it is all manufacturing). The owner has no interest on certifying the entire building, so my question would be: would this project be elegible for LEED certification under v4 NC, or v4 CI for that matter? I do not seem to find such case in the "v2009 Supplemental guidance to the MPRs" and the requirements under v4 seem a bit to vague to assess whether this project would be elegible or not.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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February 3, 2017 - 5:16 pm
Gina, I'm assuming there isn't a full-scale roof and fully detailed walls around this box? So in that way it sounds more like a fitted-out interior space. So I'd go with CI.
Gina Dederer
URS Deutschland GmbH4 thumbs up
February 6, 2017 - 5:49 am
Tristan, thanks a lot for the quick response. Indeed no part of the exterior shell of the building are part of the scope of work (the walls of the "Box" are internal partitions and it´s roof also has no contact with the exterior as it will still be within the larger warehouse volume). So, would the project still be eligible for CI even if there is no separation from the rest of the building neither in terms of ownership, management, lease nor function? The previous LEED Rating System Selection Diagram would rule the project out under these conditions, but the MPR´s under V4 state:
"Interiors
- If a single entity owns, manages, or occupies an entire building and wishes to certify a renovated portion of the building that is not separated by ownership, management, lease, or party wall separation, they may do so if the project boundary includes 100% of the construction scope and is drawn at a clear, physical barrier."
Sorry for asking again, but I just want to make sure we would not be pursuing certification for a non eligible project.
Thanks again!
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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February 7, 2017 - 12:22 pm
I would check with GBCI when you register so you're not going down a blind alley but as the language you quote says, I see no issue here.