I am working on a dormitory building at a boarding school that will also include faculty apartments. The student dorms will be comprised of single and double bedrooms. There will be shared lounge spaces for all students, shared bathrooms and one kitchen. Each faculty apartment will include private bedrooms, a private kitchen and living space along with private baths.
It is unclear whether or not the student dorm rooms count as residential space since they do not have their own private kitchens and bathrooms. But it has also been stated that the definition residential spaces are at the project team’s discretion.
Would this project be categorized as New Construction or a Home? Would there be any advantages to choosing one over the other?
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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April 18, 2013 - 9:28 pm
Timothy, it sounds like a commercial project to me, and thus NC. Residential spaces without in-unit kitchens are generally considered commercial, and those spaces probably well outnumber the apartments. However, this is not cut-and-dry and if you really wanted to use Homes, I think you could make that case. In my opinion the only advantage one way or another would be the experience of the project team, and capitalizing on that. But as a more typical commercial space, I think it would be less of a headache to use a commercial rating system.