LEED for Homes or LEED NC?

Melissa Merryweather

Director

Green Consult-Asia

LEEDuser Basic Member

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August 31, 2013

I've got a live-work project. 4 buildings, Each building is 6 to 8 townhouses, with single owners in each unit, but with lower 2 floors as office or workshop, upper 2 as living space. We'd certify each building separately. The project is overseas so extremely difficult to do as LEED Homes. We'd like to do LEED NC. Possible?

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Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

LEEDuser Expert

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Mon, 09/23/2013 - 18:34

Melissa, if the building area is split roughly 50/50 then you have the choice of rating system, according to USGBC's policy.

Melissa Merryweather

Director

Green Consult-Asia

LEEDuser Basic Member

171 thumbs up

Tue, 09/24/2013 - 00:20

Tristan, thanks for your reply. I just got a reply from GBCI at the same time--I forgot to say in my comment above that one storey is a basement. Despite the fact that its part of the work unit rather than a storage or garage space, they said I'd have to use LEED Homes. So we had to cancel the LEED certification, as its in Kazakhstan and too expensive and difficult to do as LEED for Homes (and only 30 units, where the min is 50). Too bad!