Hello everyone,
we're facing a complex situation with regard to the determination of our LEED project boundary. The entire site comprises 4 buildings of which only 3 are to be certified at this stage. All 4 buildings are connected via an underground garage that takes up the entire site. Where to draw the project boundary inside the underground garage?
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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March 12, 2013 - 8:04 pm
Jens, is there any logical way to divide the garage up among the four buildings? I would look at some way of doing that.
Jens Glöggler
Dipl.IngATP sustain
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March 13, 2013 - 11:42 am
Hello Tristan, there is in fact a division of the garage in accordance with its usage between hotel and office. We were simply wondering if that should be sufficient as an explanation regarding the requirement of certifying a "building in its entity"...
Jens Glöggler
Dipl.IngATP sustain
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March 13, 2013 - 11:47 am
...Also the parking capacity and its subsequent criteria/ credits are influenced as a consequence of dividing the underground garage into a certified part and another part that is excluded from the certification boundary. Is that viable in your opinion?
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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March 13, 2013 - 2:38 pm
Jens, the "building in its entirety" is the occupied portion of the building. The parking garage is not really considered LEED-certified space, just within the boundary of the LEED certified building. So if you think of it that way, it makes sense (in my opinion) to divide the garage into functional units corresponding to each respective tower.Regarding your last question, one thing you should probably watch is that the garage is divided fairly and not "gerrymandered" to the unfair advantage of the LEED project. If this is done fairly and conservatively, then I don't see any issue.
Marina Andrade
Sustainability Consultancy ServicesCushman & Wakefield
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March 18, 2013 - 10:21 am
Dear Tristan,
We have the same situation, we are trying to certificate one tower of a complex of three towers, the whole complex have seven underground parking, but only the second underground parking is used by the occupants of our tower, all 3 buildings are connected via an underground garage that takes up the entire site. In this case is possible to define the LEED Boundary one tower and the second underground parking? Tks.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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March 18, 2013 - 10:46 am
Fabiano, based on your description I'd say that makes sense, yes.