I was wondering if anyone can shed some light on whether it would be acceptable to conduct a Design Charrette over the course of 4 days, as opposed to a 4 hour charrette in one day? Of course, we would comply with the 4 hour minimum charrette and have all of the stakeholders attending each of the meetings.
I would really appreciate a response.
Thank you,
Estra
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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October 15, 2018 - 3:53 pm
Estra, I don't see that LEED v4 requires the charrette to be contained within one day. I just see the four-hour minimum.
The following comments go beyond LEED compliance:
In fact, I think it can be great to break a charrette up over more than one day so that participants can "sleep on it."
However, I would caution against breaking it up into pieces too small, say an hour each. You need time to get into the deeper discussions that generate deeper solutions.
Summer Minchew
Managing PartnerEcoimpact Consulting
LEEDuser Expert
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October 15, 2018 - 4:51 pm
I see a stipulation that "All principal project team members should be present at the goal-setting workshop." But I do not see a 4 hour requirement in the LEED BD+C v4 credit language. Am I missing it? 4 hour minimum seems rather prescriptive, this might be excessive for a small and relatively simple project.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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October 16, 2018 - 8:37 am
I'm glad I double-checked that! The four-hour minimum is in the LEED for Healthcare prerequisite (interesting!). It's not in this credit. Thanks, Summer.
Estra, there is no prescribed four-hour time for CS, either.
Estra Marku
PM - Sustainable Building SolutionsEllisDon
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October 16, 2018 - 6:15 pm
My mistake, my team and I were still trying to familiarize ourselves with LEED v4 at the time that I posted this forum. Thank you Tristan and Summer for clearing things up, I really appreciate your help.