I have an interesting situation. The project is a greenfield building - manufacturing facility & within the envelop is an office space. The Owner owns the property and due to budgetary constraints wishes to certify the factory space LEED cert level either NC or CS genre and simultaneously aim to secure LEED-CI Gold or even Platinum for the office workspace portion (probably for PR agenda), which accounts for just approx 10 percent of total GFA.
Although same company, there is clear decision making diversity - design of the factory portion is decided by the Operations people whereby design of the office space is by the Sales team, clearly for sales function. Separate design teams work relatively independent for both type of spaces however it is clear they will have to collaborate in order to optimize their respective LEED certification.
We confirm the project for the entire building meets the NC & CS MPR and the office interiors also meet the CI MPR. The building also qualifies for both NC and CS 60/40 percentage eligibility criteria. Both mini-projects will start almost concurrently, once the shell is up, the office interior construction shall commence.
My question to the braves, is it possible to register for both LEED CS for the entire building (essentially the factory & warehouse) and LEED CI for the office space within that building? Note this is not the usual developer/tenants scenario, it is the same Owner for both spaces but with clear delineation on control of space design by different decision makers.
Susann Geithner
PrincipalEmerald Built Environments
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February 7, 2012 - 10:20 am
I'm afraid you won't be able to do that. Because LEED CI states clearly, if your building is more than 90% leased or owned by project owner AND new construction or major renovation in 40% or more of the gross floor area of the building is performed than you need to use a whole building certification system. See also rating system selection guide page 9 or find it here http://bit.ly/yB3ReV page 27
Steve Khouw
PrincipalDNA GreenDesign
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February 7, 2012 - 7:23 pm
Susann, thanks for the quick response. Then a follow up question: if we pursuit NC for the building then after achieving substantial completion we register for CI on the office interior portion, that is ok right? We'll inherit the automatic 5 pointer for SSc1.
Susann Geithner
PrincipalEmerald Built Environments
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February 8, 2012 - 9:23 am
It doesn't matter when you register a project for LEED CI in regards to getting the 5 points for a certified building. It's important that the buildings LEED certification is completed, when you submit the LEED CI project for review.
Also I think your approach should be fine, but I haven't done that so close together and can't say if the GBCI has a problem with it. I can't find a rule prohibiting you from doing so, thought.