Good Morning,
We have a question about the area of storage. We have an area with 4 buildings. Each building has a separate certification. The storage area, according to our opinion, has to be one for each building and not a unique area outside of the leed boundaries. The reason is that we have 4 certifications and so each building is separate from the other. Is it true?
thanks
Elena
Susan Walter
HDRLEEDuser Expert
1296 thumbs up
July 13, 2015 - 4:22 pm
Probably. You may have a shot at a combined collection area IF you have a single contract, will always have a single contract and all building have recycling collected in the same manner. If the regular trash is dealt with in the same manner *as in having one common loading dock), it would probably strengthen your argument. It would be far easier and safer from a review stand point if you do each building individually.
Jon Clifford
LEED-AP BD+CGREENSQUARE
LEEDuser Expert
327 thumbs up
July 13, 2015 - 10:27 pm
Elena—If your four projects share more site and facility resources (beyond just waste & recycling), the projects may be eligible for a combined certification as a “Campus” or a “Group.” These certifications allow multiple buildings to be certified together.
In past projects, the “Group” approach allowed us to use a centralized waste/recycling collection area for a number of buildings that shared facilities. For MRp1 certain other Prerequisites & Credits, we the Group approach allowed us to document all our buildings as if they were a single building. A few credits treat each building separately.
For projects that are eligible to use the Campus or Group certifications, there are both advantages and disadvantages. For more (and a link to the “LEED Campus Guidance for Projects on a Shared Site”), see the LEEDuser Campuses page: http://www.leeduser.com/topic/new-leed-guidance-campuses-and-multiple-bu....