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NC-2009 MRc1.1:Building Reuse—Maintain Existing Walls, Floors and Roof

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Jeff Potter
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FVHD Architects
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Hi, We are designing a 36,000sf addition to a 55,000sf school. This school addition will be an extension of the existing school buildings wing. We are not touching the existing building other than tapping into some utilities (security, perhaps backfeeding electrical, etc.). Since we are maintaining to use the existing building but NOT altering it in anyway... does this count as 100% building reuse? How about for MRc1.2 also? Will I have to include it in the LEED boundary? Are there tradeoffs when doing this? This credit has always been "gray" to me. Any clarification would be a huge help! Thanks!

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Tristan Roberts
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Mon, 11/04/2013 - 03:22

Jeff, if the existing building is included in your LEED project boundary and counted for all credits (including EAp2, etc.), then it can count as complete reuse.

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