An office building was constructed and awarded LEED Silver. Now, a new building is being planned to be constructed inside the LEED project boundary of the the already certified LEED project. Is this possible? how do we demarcate the LPB for the new building?
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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November 5, 2013 - 11:30 am
Husam, it is possible to do this. What you need to watch out for is double-dipping, i.e. taking credit for site features that contributed to the original LEED certification.Most likely a very tight project boundary is going to make sense. Consult the Application Guide for Multiple Buildings and On-Campus Building Projects (AGMBC) for more guidance.Please post back here with specific issues or obstacles.
Adrienn Gelesz
LEED APABUD Engineering Ltd.
48 thumbs up
May 19, 2014 - 7:39 am
Hi Husam,
Did you manage to do this? I have a similar issue with an industrial site.
Seema Pandya
Sustainability ConsultantSLP
151 thumbs up
September 15, 2020 - 10:45 am
I found more guidance in an older version of the MPR about how to certify a new LEED building within an existing LEED boundary from an older version. Looks like this was taken out in the newer MRP version, perhaps because it is uncommon, but I also am running into this same issue on a project. https://www.usgbc.org/sites/default/files/Docs9552.pdf See pages 13-19. I'm planning on using this as backup for my documentation and am still going to contact the USGBC to get more clarification.