I have a project that is on a 50 acre site that will be all developed. The project will have (7) structures on the site. Six of the structures are canopies, sheds or buildings that do not meet the minimum occupied square footage to meet the LEED 2009 requirements. The one building that does meet the requirements is a small 3,000 building that has its own parking area, the rest of the site will be mostly paved and used daily for large trucks and operations. The small building supports the drivers of these trucks.
In defining the LEED boundary I plan on drawing the boundary around the building and it's parking lot, because it is the area supports the normal operation of the building going for LEED.
The rest of the site, while part of the same parcel, will be developed at the same time, will not be attempting LEED, and will not be included.
Is this a reasonable interpretation of a reasonable LEED boundary? Even though it is not including all of the construction and disturbance?
I know the other option would be to include the entire site disturbance in the LEED boundary, and provide submittals on the other non-certifiable buildings. The issue is that the team feels that the other structures, covering 30,000 SF, will skew negatively the much smaller 3,000 SF certifiable structure.
Thank you for any comments.
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