Dears,

In our recent projects we are having some doubts about the “Building Footprint” definition. These doubts have appeared in relation with the exclusion of some types of spaces of the Building footprint . Below the “Building Footprint” definition, presented in LEED On line.

“Building footprint is the area on a project site used by the building structure, defined by the perimeter of the building plan. Parking lots, parking garages, landscapes, and other nonbuilding facilities are not included in the building footprint."

Considering the text above, we have some questions about the exclusion of the parking garages and parking lots of the Building footprint, we are concerned if this exclusion is applied for all situations. So we have two scenarios in which we would like to know if we should exclude or not the parking garages area from the building footprint:

1. Case: When the garage is connected to the building and placed by its side.
2. Case: when the garage is under the building and it has a larger projection.
3. Case: When the garage is not connected to the building but placed inside the leed boundary.

Best regards,