Dear All,
I am new on LEED language and I am using this very interesting forum to learn something (actually a lot!) about it.
I have a similar situation. In a site of 80,000 sqf (lab facillities, office spaces, pilot plant, storage room etc), I will intervene in a 15,000 sqf, being about 40% a renovation of an old lab, creating a new lab and office spaces, and using the old wharehouse (60%) to install other lab rooms.
The client wants to get a LEED certified. One consultant told to apply for a EB&OM and other to NC and Major renovation, since it will be a major renovation, but there is about 80% of the site that I will do nothing about.
There is 3 'Lands' in the site with different owners under the same company, the Pilot Plant, The R&D Lab and the QC Lab (the one that I will work on it). It is possible to certify only one Space, such as the QC Lab?
David Posada
Integrated Design & LEED SpecialistSERA Architects
LEEDuser Expert
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January 10, 2012 - 4:59 pm
Andre,
I may not have understood all your questions, but here are some thoughts. Feel free to post more questions here or under the specific credit pages once you choose a rating system.
If the Pilot plant, R&D Lab, and QC separate buildings it is okay to certify only one building for LEED, especially if that is all the work you are hired to do.
You will need to define a LEED Site Boundary that includes the QC building and any connected outdoor areas that "directly serves" the building such as a parking lot or landscape vegetation for stormwater control. It's fine if you aren't doing much work on the site outside the building. You have some flexibility in how you define that boundary - see the document called "MPR Supplemental Guidance revision 2" at
http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=6473
It sounds like this could be a Major Renovation, so it might make sense to use LEED NC. You only have to look at the amount of work being done in that one building (QC Lab) to determine if it is a major or minor renovation. One good way to check is to start registering the project in LEED Online and go through all the detailed steps on the webpage. When it asks if you want help selecting a rating system, choose "yes" and go through the questions and links that help you decide. You can always cancel before finishing the registration so you dont have to pay.