ID Credit for exemplary community connectivity

Hi Rona, Unfortunately, you won’t have much luck attempting the Exemplary Performance point through doubling your community connectivity. And, the 2009 CI Reference Guide doesn’t even give Exemplary Performance for doubling the density of the project (as they do with NC, Schools, and CS). If you can meet the double density portion of the credit it would be worth it to write a CIR but the double community connectivity is most likely a no-go. Good luck! Shannon

For an NC-2009 project, for a centrally located public library on an infill tract, we recently wrote a CIR noting that although we did not have the minimum residential density within the one-half mile radius, a large percentage of the town's population lived within the half-mile, and with pedestrian access. We also have 15 services. The ruling we received waived the residential density requirment. However, remember that CIRs are now project-specific.

Rona, Just wanted to update you that the LEED Addendum from April clarifies that exemplary performance for development density can allow a project to achieve an ID credit. You still are unable to achieve an ID credit for exemplary performance under the connectivity compliance path, but the development density exemplary performance is an option. thanks, Devon

Thanks Devon! I feel compelled to share what I found in the Addenda because I spent so much time searching: Replace the text with the following: The following exemplary performance paths are available for projects that have earned Option 1 under SS Credit 2: 1. The project building itself must have a density at least double that of the average density within the calculated area, OR 2. The average density within an area twice as large as that for the base credit achievement must be at least 120,000 square feet per acre. To double the area, use equation 2 but double the project site area first.

But how do we document this? The LOL form only pertains to the non-exemplary density radius, and there doesn't seem to be anywhere to upload the information to document exemplary performance.

Sara, I would ask GBCI about this. There is a good chance that an updated LEED Online form would facilitate this.

I got a response from the GBCI that I'll share with everyone: both the basic credit and the exemplary credit buildings should be captured in the same table.

Can we exclude some public open space and river areas when calculating density within the project's density radius？ That is building areas （2F above）/ （project density radius - open space area-river area）<60000sf/acre.

No. Not all projects can achieve all credits.