By definition the mechanical room will be excluded from roof calculations. However, we are considering covering a mechanical room with a greenroof in order to apply for this credit.
The issue here is that space is so limited and we need to provide 3300 sqft in order to comply with SSc7.2 and SSc5.1 as well.
We ran out of space because, however if we covered a big mechanical room where hvac and elevators machinery are we will be able to comply with these two credits.
But we dont want to run into a review saying the greenroof at the machinery room will be excluced from calculations.
Does anybody have any experience of greenroof in machinery rooms being accepted in order to comply with credits regarding vegetated spaces?
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11475 thumbs up
April 16, 2013 - 9:59 pm
Michael, it's hard for me to imagine there being a problem with this. Excluding appurenances is a way to simplify the credit calculations and ease the requirements. You are choosing to make things a bit harder for yourself to earn the credit. I would simply include this area in your roofing calculations.
Michael E. Edmonds-Bauer
Edmonds International38 thumbs up
April 17, 2013 - 5:54 pm
Great to hear this opinion Tristan. If at the end we submit it this way and get a positive response from the reviewers we'll post the results on the forum.
Thank you!!