My project, a high rise building, has a bunch of different usage concepts. More then 50% of the building will be used for commercial areas. (restaurants, shops, gymns, offices). The rest of the building will be used as a hotel and apartments for short time rentals (3 - 4 months)
My question is does the hotel and the apartments count as residential areas? Or are they commercial as well since they are only for short term stayers.
Which case would be best suited for my project?
Emily Purcell
Sustainable Design LeadCannonDesign
LEEDuser Expert
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October 11, 2018 - 10:12 am
Hi Ernst, for a standard hotel commercial would be best but with short term apartments you could go either way. Thinking through the credit requirements, the commercial approach makes more sense to me - residential carpool amenities like ride boards or shared vehicle parking don't seem as useful to temporary residents. Either way, I'd write up a narrative explaining your choice and also clarifying that the apartments are short term stay versus permanent residences, as that won't be obvious to the reviewer.
And the occupants would be considered residents for WEp1/c3 calcs, so it gets a little complicated...but for this credit you could justify either approach to best fit how occupants will use the space.