Dear all,
I have a NC 2009 project that is located on a site of 216315 sq.ft. The project boundary includes 3 physically separated buildings viz. a production plant of 42,152 sq.ft, a canteen building of 7882 sq.ft and a toilet block of 3950 sq.ft. The generator room and the compressor rooms are attached to the toilet block and the boiler room is attached to the canteen building.
By looking at the description do you suggest we should apply for a campus registration? In my opinion for this kind of set up campus registration does not make sense because 3 buildings are not mutually exclusive in terms of occupancy, operation and resource sharing.
Please give me your ideas and if you need more information about the site to make a judgement please reply and I will provide the additional information .
Thank you very much.
Eric Anderson
Technical Customer Service SpecialistGBCI
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December 2, 2013 - 2:19 pm
Since each of the three buildings appears to contain more than 1,000 square feet of 'gross floor area', the general rule of thumb would be to treat them each as a separate LEED-certifiable building. Then, the team would have the option of applying one or both of the approaches outlined in the AGMBC (http://www.usgbc.org/Docs/Archive/General/Docs10486.pdf). In particular, the 'group credit' (aka group certification) approach may make sense in a situation like this if all three buildings will be built under a singe construction contract/scope of work.
Occasionally, a different approach might be warranted due to the disposition of supporting functions amongst related buildings or other such special circumstances. Teams facing complicated scenarios like this are encouraged to use the Contact form (http://www.gbci.org/org-nav/contact/Contact-Us/Project-Certification-Que...) to explain their situations and obtain feedback directly from USGBC/GBCI before registering their projects as this will often ensure a smoother certification process.