“We have a project (North Tower) within the site of a project (South Tower), same owner, but each project would have their own certification. The North Tower was excluded from the South Tower LEED boundary, which includes all the open space, because was considered as a future expansion; therefore the site of the North Tower just includes the building footprint.
We don´t have open space, so can we achieve this credit with the North Tower project just through a percentage of roof-garden? Or can we use part of the open space that correspond to the South Tower LEED boundary proyect knowing that both towers are in the same site and have the same owner?”
Regards! And thanks for your comments!
Ellen Mitchell
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June 24, 2013 - 1:55 pm
If you haven't yet submitted either project, could you look at revising the LEED boundaries so that each project gets some open space? You are not allowed to use open space within the South Tower's project boundary for the North Tower because that would be double dipping. You could use roof garden area to comply if you are in a dense enough area to meet SS credit 2 (either option).
JOSE R. TAGLE
COMMISSIONING & LEEDAKF GROUP
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June 24, 2013 - 7:32 pm
Thank you very much Ellen!
It seems that roof garden option would be the best alternative to achieve the point. But, one more question if we applied to credit 5.1 by donating offsite land in perpetuity, can we use that donated area in the calculations to achieve this credit (5.2), taking into acount that the area is located a few steps from the proyect?
Thanks again!
Ellen Mitchell
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June 25, 2013 - 9:56 am
Hi Jose - according to the FAQs above, it doesn't appear that you can use any land outside of your LEED boundary to achieve SSc5.2.