LEED Boundary with a NON Certified Building within it?

Sonia M. Miranda Palacios

RA / LEED AP BD+C / QCxP

cota.CERO

LEEDuser Basic Member

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January 28, 2013

Hi all. I have a LEED Certifiable Building (C&S V.3) within a site, that will also have a NON certified building within it. The first is an office building, and the second is a bank (small branch with 4000 sf approximate). The buildings are NOT attached. The offices will be rented and the bank will be sold to another entity. The bank is located in the corner of the lot. Can I "exclude" the bank area from my LEED Boundary? The issue is that there will be construction going underneath, for all the underground parking spaces for the office building. Also, the owner is not interested in certifying both... Any thoughts?

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Baani Singh

LEED Consultant

D2D Green Interiors

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Wed, 02/20/2013 - 02:55

Sonia Since the project site under the existing Non Certified Building will be used to support the New LEED Certifiable Building and also the underground structure is part of the construction scope, The project boundary should include the gross site in construction scope with Bank marked as Non Certifiable Building on the project. Will the owner retain the Site of the Bank building under his/ her ownership? If that Site with the Bank will not be under same ownership than it can be excluded as per MPR supplemental http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=10131 page 25