I am working on a project that is part of a leasehold located within an executive airport property. The building is surrounded by asphalt (driveways & runways) on 2 sides, and large areas of existing turf grass on the other two that the owner intends to develop at a later date, therefore making it not possible to state that these areas would be preserved for the life of the building. There is, however, a large area of dry detention covered in turf grass that is across the runway/driveway on the north side of the new building that will remain open forever. Would it be acceptable to incorporate this area into our LEED boundary and claim it as open space as long as the intervening asphalt is included as well?
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Ellen Mitchell
331 thumbs up
April 28, 2014 - 5:40 pm
Is any alteration of this dry detention area part of the overall project scope of work? If not, you may have a hard time convincing the reviewer that this strategy is in keeping with the intent of the credit.
Tammy Dalton
PresidentTamara Dalton Design Studios
April 30, 2014 - 7:29 am
Yes, I agree with you Ellen. I just needed to have some corroboration for what I already knew. Thank you!