I have a queries as below in Density Development, in the credit it is specified as both project and surroudng shall have minimum density of 60,000 Sqft/Acre. kindly clarify as below.
Example for a Project density:
For ex a project is planned for LEED Certification is located in 0.44 Acre area with a sqft of 30,000, Density will then be 68181.
Example for surrounding density,
The site is located in 15 Acre area where there are already 15 buildings, each of the building area in the site area is summed up and total average density of more than 60,000 Sqft/Acre are arrived for all the 15 buidings.
In the above cases i think both project and sorrounding has met 60,000 Sqft/Acre density requirement, please confirm me if my understanding is correct on proejct and surrounding
but if the project alone has not met the density with a density of say less than 60,000, is there any minimum density requirement to qualify for LEED certifciation for the project or still it can quality.
Trey Akers
May 16, 2014 - 10:35 am
Hi Govindachari,
No, the project building itself does not need to meet the density requirements:
Project Building Density, Reference Guide, Option 1: Under the Calculations section of the Reference Guide (pg. 28), Step 1. indicates that the project building development density must be 60,000 square feet or more per acre, which is not true. Per the rating system, it’s the minimum density of the surrounding community, not the certifying project building, that must be 60,000 sf. Note that the density of the certifying project building must be included in the calculations; if the certifying project building's density causes the overall density of the surrounding community to average less than 60,000 sf per acre, then the project would not meet the Option 1 requirements.