We are looking at a hotel project (BD&C) that consists of a main building and separate cottages. It is my understanding that the cottages have to be treated as individual buildings since they are not physically connected to the main building. To certify this project, would a campus certification be allowed using BD+C for the hotel and LEED for Homes for the cottages? The cottages are not really residential units but sort of luxury bedrooms with bathroom. Anyone has any suggestions on how to treat this type of development?
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Eric Anderson
26 thumbs up
April 18, 2014 - 5:47 pm
Hello Emmanuel, Please see if the project will qualify to pursue a single, combined certification under LEED BD+C in accordance with LEED Interpretation (LI) 10203 (www.usgbc.org/leed-interpretations?keys=10203). It sounds as though this project may qualify to use that approach, but you will have to make sure it meets all the conditions/criteria listed in the LI. Please note that in LEED v4 there is a special 'Hospitality' adaptation of the BD+C rating system that you may wish to use (http://www.usgbc.org/articles/getting-know-leed-building-design-and-cons...).
Emmanuel Pauwels
OwnerGreen Living Projects
131 thumbs up
April 22, 2014 - 5:21 am
Thank you Eric, that is a useful LI. Indeed, after checking all the conditions it seems that this hotel could be certified as one building including the cottages since they are smaller then 2500 sqft
LEEDme Lorenzi
ing. Giorgia Lorenzi15 thumbs up
January 15, 2015 - 12:16 pm
Is this interpretation also applicable to industrial buildings part of the same sector?