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CI-2009 IEQc8.2:Daylight and Views—Views for Seated Spaces

Currently scoring 85%

Hi, I'd appreciate any tips or suggestions there may be from previous projects about how to score a few extra percentage points. We're currently on 85.5%, so close and yet it seems so far. I'm checking we have included all relevant spaces and assessed them correctly. Is it correct to include the restaurant kitchen (the project is a LEED CI office renovation)? There are meeting rooms called 'think tanks' intended for short meetings, can we exclude those? Any tips or guidance would be gratefully received!! Thank you.

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TODD REED
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Tue, 12/03/2013 - 15:23

Refer to the LEED Regularly Occupied Space Matrix dated October 2013 for a list of spaces that can be excluded. A kitchen in a restaurant should be included. I'm not sure the think tanks could be excluded because they could also be used for longer meetings or have the potential to be used for longer time frames other than a few minutes.

Tue, 12/03/2013 - 15:30

Thanks Todd, that's useful. Albeit, it hasn't helped me find some more points... Some of the rooms are deliberately closed off as they will be dealing with very confidential projects - does that provide us with any leeway? I am a little desperate as you can see!
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Tue, 12/03/2013 - 16:05

If you have spaces that have been specifically designed to not allow light or views into the space due to security or other reasons, then i would suggest that you do not include them in your calculations. You will have to provide a narrative explaining the reason for the exclusion of those spaces. These will be reviewed on a case by case basis. It seems you have done all the work to this point and the calcs are done. So you might as well as submit and see whether or not the reason for their exclusion is accepted. Not every project can earn every credit and it may just be that way. Putting the requirements of the credit into the DNA of the design can help ensure credit achievement.

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