Interior Places of Respite

Catherine Blakemore

Architect, LEED AP BC+D

HOLT Architects

LEEDuser Basic Member

24 thumbs up

May 23, 2013

For this credit, do the interior spaces have to be located with in the LEED project boundary? Can existing places of respite be used for multiple LEED projects?

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Susan Walter

HDR

LEEDuser Expert

894 thumbs up

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 17:31

Good question. I don't see anywhere where it says it must be within the project boundary. It would be analagous to the showers outside the project boundary. You would probably have to treat is like a campus amenity and then allocate your project's portion to the amenity. You may want to call the GBCI on approach. They may require you to limit access to the area with signage if it is not large enough for the entire hospital, again similar to alt transportation signage.

Candace Small

Architect

VOA

LEEDuser Premium Member

3 thumbs up

Thu, 05/23/2013 - 20:57

I am interested in knowing if a place of respite can be used twice as LEED is starting to limit counting one item for multiple projects.

Mara Baum

Partner, Architecture & Sustainability

DIALOG

LEEDuser Premium Member

449 thumbs up

Fri, 08/09/2013 - 18:25

Generally LEED doesn't allow you to double dip for things like this. I expect that the place of respite would need to be large enough to serve both populations regardless of whether or not the other building was pursuing LEED. This is similar to the approach for shared campus bike racks, parking, etc.