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NC-2009 PIf1:Minimum Program Requirements

LEED for Schools, Multiple Buildings

Hello All, I wanted to know if you have to use LEED Campus guidance for a LEED for schools project with multiple buildings. It makes sense that you would however because there are 10 separate buildings in a total of 28,000 square foot campus some of these small buildings may not qualify for LEED Certification at all just based on their size and possible efficiencies or lack of ammenities compared to the larger buildings. Please let me know if each individual building is certified using the campus guidance or if the entire school project is submitted as one new construction project. I have done one two building campus project before so I understand the process of creating and utilizing a master site but wasn't sure if a School campus was treated any different because of it's unique orientation and construction. Thanks.

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Mon, 10/29/2012 - 13:22

Eric, check out LEED Interpretation 10203 from 7/1/2012 for new updates on submitting K-12 school projects as a single project.

Mon, 10/29/2012 - 15:58

Thanks Kimberly, Do you know if there is any guidance on submitting multiple small buildings together? I am curious how some the energy efficiency credits are calculated, total square footage, total energy usage? Any additional information or guidance would be great. Thanks again for your help.

Mon, 10/29/2012 - 16:47

Based on the LEED Interpretation, it appears you can submit it as one project (if the whole school is <1 million SF and each building is <25,000 SF). I think the intent here is for each building to comply with the energy prerequisites individually (not a weighted average for total usage) and you sum up the total energy usage in your EAp2 submittal. For non-residential buildings <25,000 SF, you'd be comparing against baseline HVAC system types 3 or 4 (not based on the total school GSF).

Mon, 10/29/2012 - 19:54

We are still in preliminary stages but the entire 10 building school is 28,000 SF total. Thanks for the info, I'm sure as we get a little closer I will have more questions. Thanks.

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