Our project is on a corner and has two street frontages, with the primary façade on the "main street" and one side along a side street. Some of the requirements specify that they apply to the primary façade. Others such as #5, #6, #7, and #9 don't specify. Does that mean that all street frontages have to comply, or just the frontage along the main street?
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Jeffrey Binsley
DesignerGlave and Holmes Architecture
August 11, 2016 - 9:20 am
Similar to the project above, our project has multiple frontages. Actually all facades provide entry. The project is an Addition to a University Library, part of a very walkable campus. The existing Library is not to be renovated as part of the LEED project. The focus of the University is a central core with parking on the outskirts. The entrance to the existing Library faces the core and the Addition for which we are seeking LEED certification, faces an existing parking lot. The addition is actually built on a section of the lot, reducing the parking count for the campus. Our approach is to present the primary facade of the LEED Addition as a secondary entry for the students (users) and to treat the existing Library’s entry as the primary façade for this credit, which is actually how the building will be used. There are other factors that help our cause for the secondary entrance, but does this approach seem feasible? This is a great credit especially for campus sites.
Agnes Vorbrodt
PrincipalVvS | Architects & Consultants
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November 12, 2016 - 7:15 pm
Our project has main facades along 3 different streets, with main entrances along 2 of them. It also has multiple retail/service entrances along the other street and courtyards. We are documenting the credit compliance using the street facades (a more difficult way in my opinion) to ensure compliance. Does anyone have any experience in a similar building setting? Thank you.