Hardscape area as defined in PI form 2

Gary Harris

Senior Associate

SRG Partnership

LEEDuser Basic Member

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January 2, 2013

Under "Site Characteristics" in the Project Summary Details form (PIf2), it asks for the "area outside building footprint, within the LEED project boundary, that is comprised of hardscape." How is "hardscape" defined for this summary? Does it include parking lots or is it limited to pedestrian hardscape areas such as sidewalks and plazas without vegetation?

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Kimberly Frith

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Thu, 01/03/2013 - 15:01

Gary, The hardscape includes anything within your site boundary that is not the building footprint or landscape, so any paved areas including parking lots would be included.

Gary Harris

Senior Associate

SRG Partnership

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Thu, 01/03/2013 - 16:36

Thanks Kimberly for the confirmation. That is what I thought but I wanted to be sure because elsewhere for other credits in the LEED User Guide there are references that separate out parking lots from pedestran oriented hardscapes.