We are working on a resort project compring several multi-story buildings and a dozen of villas. The villas are stand-alone buildings with one or two stories. Because these villas are commercial/resort types (not private homes), we believe LEED-NC should be the correct rating system instead of LEED for Homes. Is this corret?
Thanks!
Karen Joslin
principalJoslin Consulting
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December 14, 2011 - 9:40 am
IF you are just certifying the villas, and if they have consumer type kitchens (I assume they do) you need to use LEED-Homes. Have you considered pursuing the Multiple Buildings option? You can bundle as many of the building together into a single LEED certification and that would remove the burden of the LEED-H.
Wei Jiang
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December 14, 2011 - 10:07 am
Thanks Karen. Forgot to mention that we are going to pursue the Multiple Buildings option. But want to confirm whether we should exclude those villas in the certification if they should be certified under LEED for Homes.