Can a single family 7-floor home in Manhattan go for LEED-NC? My understanding after reading the Rating System selection guide was that single family homes are to be LEED-H regardless of the number of floors? Is this correct or would the project have to registered as LEED-NC because of the # of occupiable floors? Thanks!
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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February 5, 2013 - 12:16 am
Courtney, the rating system selection guide points to LEED-NC as being right for this building as it is greater than 6 floors. That doesn't meet the test of common sense, though.I would contact GBCI through their website and get their opinion before making a commitment.
Courtney Royal
Sr. Sustainability ConsultantTaitem Engineering
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February 5, 2013 - 9:28 am
Thank you. I became confused because the document reads very weird - what really threw me off was that "single-family" and "multifamily" were specifically mentioned so I figured floors might be irrelevant in the single family case. thanks.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11478 thumbs up
February 5, 2013 - 9:37 am
Courtney, on second look, I think you're clearly good to go with LEED for Homes for this project. The table says that the number of stories is "N/A" with regards to rating system selection for single-family homes.