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"incomplete spaces" treatment in LEED NC

1) An office building that is being certified under LEED NC will have 20% of its gross floor area without a complete interior fit-out at time of construction work completion. Construction scope of work for this area includes flooring (without floor finishing), ceiling, lighting and HVAC systems. This area will be left as an open-space. In the future the occupant (owner or tenant, decision will depend factors not related with building construction – e.g., market) may add partition walls and floor finishing to customize the open-space layout. 2) According to LEED INTERPRETATION ID 10102, for incomplete spaces calculations associated with pre-requisites and credits with established baselines (e.g., EAp.2 and associated credits) must assume that the proposed case is equivalent to the baseline. 3) In the case described in 1), this 20% of gross floor area may be considered an “incomplete space”. However, all the relevant systems and components relevant for EAp2 calculations (i.e., external walls, windows, HVAC systems, lighting systems) will be present at time of construction work completion. My question is: shall we strictly follow the LEED Ruling 10102 and ignore the installed systems and components or may we model this area considering the installed systems and components ?

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Fri, 11/27/2015 - 17:42

Pedro, this sounds like a question for our EAp2 forum, and you may find some useful guidance there as well.

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