We are working on a Core & Shell project and our LEED site boundary includes a large parking lot and landscape area along with the building on the plot. We are working with a developer and even though there is no concrete plan for any future development on that parking plot, it could very well be a possibility since it is within their pattern to do so. We were wondering what could be the implications on that building that is built on the parking lot within the current LEED site boundary. Will the developers be able to pursue LEED certification for that new building in future
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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March 21, 2013 - 10:34 am
Heather, if I understand the question correctly, it boils down to whether there is an issue with including an area in your current LEED boundary that could be developed in the future for an undetermined LEED project.I wouldn't worry about it. Including the parking area isn't going to do you any favors now, so there's not a gerrymandering issue, and in the future, well, things change. I would only watch for any potential double-counting of special site features for your LEED project now that shouldn't also award credit to the project then. For example, if you earned SSc7.1 because of a grass paved parking area now, you couldn't draw that same area into a future project and again use it to earn SSc7.1.