Dear all,
There is a project having 4 stories with 8 equal areas, three of them are going to be registered for LEED. They include a R&D room (1), a manufacturing area (2) and a storage of manufactured products (3).
- Area (1): design, select and develop new products,
- Area (2): produce approved products and check quality of finish goods,
- Area (3): store manufactured goods.
In this case, can areas (2) and (3) be considered showrooms because they are used to demonstrate products and then they can apply LEED ID+C for CI? Or the entire building must use LEED BD+C rating system for NC?
Thank you and Best regards.
Kath Williams
LEED Fellow 2011, PrincipalKath Williams + Associates
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May 31, 2018 - 9:00 am
Our project, which sounds very similar, just came through preliminary design review. We had been advised to use LEED v4 BD+C New Construction and it was the appropriate choice. In addition the spaces you have, we did include the manufacturing and storage areas plus we have a large loading dock. We borrowed from LEED-Manufacturing on the Green Vehicles credit, using Option 2: Reduced Truck Idling with 100% of all dock doors having charging stations. It is now anticipated with no comments in preliminary review.
ARDOR GREEN
ARDOR GROUPJuly 11, 2018 - 3:46 am
Thank you for your reponse, Kath.
The project owner have had a changement in areas they want to get certification for: R&D room only. That leads the project to other questions:
https://leeduser.buildinggreen.com/forum/leed-idc-time-boundary-and-owner
It would be appreciated if you can share your opinions or ideas for this case.
Thank you in advance.