Is LEED O+M applicable to commercial interiors?
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LEED O+M for Commercial Interiors
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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August 12, 2019 - 12:21 pm
Yes and no.
There is not a specific O+M adaptation for the interior of the building only. The rating system applies to the whole building or certified space. So, it is applicable, but you would have to look at the whole building, which depending on the specifics of your project, may be easy or hard.
Geraldine Seguela RAIA
Principal Engineer- SustainabilityAECOM
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November 19, 2019 - 10:34 pm
Thanks Tristan. The tenant will lease 7 floors (just been built) out of 42. So if the rating can apply to the certified space, can I define my project boundary for these 7 floors only? The whole building is not possible since the 35 other floors will be leased by other tenants. As an alternative option, I don't think we can go with LEED ID+C Commercial Interiors any longer since the project is now built. Is my assumption correct?
Geraldine Seguela RAIA
Principal Engineer- SustainabilityAECOM
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November 19, 2019 - 11:18 pm
Also under EBOM v.4 MPR2 Must be reasonable LEED Boundaries. For interiors it is said that: The LEED project should be defined by a clear boundary such that the LEED project is physically distinct from other interior spaces within the building. If we clearly define the 7 floors as being distinct from the other tenants/ 42 floors, would this work?
Conor Merrigan
Program Manager, SustainabilitySpirit Environmental
November 21, 2019 - 12:13 pm
I'm in a similar situation where the tenant is occupying 2 of the four floors of a building. In their case they do own the building, but are looking to re-certify just the portion that they originally certified under CI. It does seem that under 4.1 there is a clear pathway for Interiors (certified space) that would apply; it seems like in both cases, drawing a distinction to just the floors occupied should work. Have you seen this yet or are/or there any immediate flaws in that logic?
Other logistics such as sub-metering would likely have to come into play, does anyone have any guidance on using whole building energy/water and only tenant space IAQ, etc.? Happy to shift to another question/forum as well.
Thanks!
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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November 26, 2019 - 3:14 pm
Yes, a definition of spaces using floors is a good way to denote physically distinct spaces for these purposes.
Jose Antonio Kovacevic
efizity spa1 thumbs up
October 21, 2022 - 12:02 pm
Hi. It is not clear for me if now, with the v4.1 O+M Interiors version, the leed boundary can be settled only for a portiong of one building, i.e, selecting, for example, offices and retail and excluding residential and hospitality because those owners do not want to share the data and certificate their interiors.
The idea is maintaining the razonable LEED boundary criteria, with the adjacent spaces and those assist it, but declaring that only the office and retail spaces are pursuing the certification. Also, those interiors have submeters for each spaces and the building have submeter for common spaces that are pro rated for each tenant.
Can you clear me if this would be accepted?
Thank you!