One Address but buildings are not physically Attached

Jay Murray

LEED Administrator

Commercial Construction Consulting

LEEDuser Basic Member

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United States

November 10, 2017

The owner of an office property wants to go for LEED EBOM. There are 3 buildings, two are attached with an architectural overhang and the third is roughly 40 feet away. These property is under one address, one owner and all responsibilities are shared (such as maintenenace, grounds, etc.). My question is if they can apply for a single LEED EBOM that would lump the three buildings together. Or would they need to do 3 completely seperate applications? If so, they would not be able to incur that type of cost.

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Trista Brown

Project Director

WSP USA

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Fri, 11/17/2017 - 00:09

Hi Jay, it sounds like your buildings might be good candidates for group certification. Under a group approach you document credit compliance for a group of buildings that are located within a single LEED project boundary (and under a single LEED project registration). Check out the LEED Campus Guidance here for details: https://www.usgbc.org/resources/leed-campus-guidance. I recommend discussing your buildings and pricing with USGBC/GBCI directly to ensure that you're eligible and that the cost meets your budget.