LEED ND Exam

Tamera P

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October 29, 2010

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Allison Beer McKenzie

Architect, Director of Sustainability

SHP Leading Design

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Sat, 11/20/2010 - 15:34

Tamera- the way I understand it, the parking should be included in the buildable area (the denominator) of the FAR calculation, but not in the SF of the numerator.

Ted Bardacke

LEED Faculty (ND), AICP, Senior Associate, Green Urbanism

Global Green USA

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Mon, 03/07/2011 - 20:02

Allison is correct.

Tyler Baker

Urban Designer

Urban Strategies

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Fri, 08/17/2012 - 17:51

I have asked two previous questions, and appreciate all the guidance so far. For GIBc7, we have a tree survey by an ISA arborist which identifies all of the trees on our site as “fair”. We therefore are not required to preserve any of these trees, but we are preserving a number of these trees anyway. Are we required to stipulate in CC&R that these trees must be preserved in perpetuity, or does that only apply to “good” and “excellent” trees? Thanks

Meghan Bogaerts

Manager, Neighborhood Development

U.S. Green Building Council

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Mon, 08/20/2012 - 14:41

Hi Tyler, If the trees you're preserving on your own initiative aren't covered under the credit (both bullet lists of tree types), then you aren't required to protect them via CC&Rs (though perhaps it would be a good idea, if you're going to the trouble to save them). Meghan