Question:
I have new LEED-NC project for a building on a college campus. It will be the Owner's first LEED building (and deplete any bond funding) on that campus, and they barely have allocated funds for the LEED consultant to take the design -build project through individual LEED-NC project certification, so I assume this is the certification path we will proceed on (and thus NOT utilize AGBMC in registering it as the first project building under a 'Block Master Site registration.) Can the Owner come back sometime in the future --say 3-4 years from now, and have me Register a Master Site for the whole campus to utilize the AGMBC for future projects--and can I then somehow transfer/import this first individual NC project back into the Master site 'block' if that's when the Owner sees the benefit of using the block registration for future campus buildings? It would be nice to have all the documentation under one block listing so the owner could open up any of the campus buildings from the "Block" listing, even if this first building was completed before they came around to registering the Master Site. AND if not, then how do I treat this LEED certified project in my Master Site block?
Appreciate your guidance so I know how to convey future options for LEED certified campus buildings to the Owner.
Alice Sung
PrincipalGreenbank Associates
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January 29, 2013 - 6:22 pm
Hello,
I realized this first post above cut off my questions in the title--"Can a LEED-NC project be added LATER to a master site to be created 'in the' future?
I am about to start work on a new science building on an existing community college campus, targeting LEED silver or Gold.
(1) What I'd like to know is if I just go ahead and Register a new LEED-NC (v.2009) individual project now to establish my Project Registration and get moving on LEED Design Credit documentation, (which is all I've been authorized to do within my current scope of work,) and IF the community college district decides LATER that it wants to establish this as the first building project WITHIN A MASTER SITE, UTILIZING the AGMBC, would this be possible, and if so, are there guidelines to do so?
In other words--
1(a). How can I transfer in my 'already individually registered project' as my first building in my Master Site--
1(b).without incurring another registration fee?
2. Is there a fee for creating the 'block' to Register the "master site?" I seemed to have read conflicting info on this.
NOTE-- One older LEEDuser posting had a link to what seemd like a respnse to my question but it was referencing the 2010 Application guide, prior to Part B being published, and possibly prior to LEEDOnline v3 functionaility to support Block and Master site registration, so I am confused on whether it is still possible to bring an already registered LEED-NC individual project into a master site block. My problem is it may take many months for a decision/approval to Register the whole campus as a Master site using AGMBC ,and approvals for extra services, which will be required for us to figure out the documentation of the campus credits.
(3). Should I hold up the Registration of the individual new building for weeks-months only to find out that they don't (or do?) want to use AGMBC and have me register it under a master site?
(4) Any clarification on whether folks have done this before and if there is published guidance on how to do this?
(5) OR if it is not possible at all?
Thanks for any light you or anyone else can shed on this.