I am working on a project that has the majority of individual occupant spaces that will be completely finished with lighting controls meeting the requirements for Option 1. However, we also have a number of spaces intended to be left (initially at least) undeveloped/unfinished for future tenants to complete. Unfinished area of project is approx. 10% of the floor area and are split up into multiple tenant spaces as opposed to a large open space.
The question for this Forum: How do I address these tenant spaces to meet Option 1 requirements? If I consider tenant spaces as individual occupant spaces which do NOT meet lighting control requirements, then we do not meet 90% threshold required. Or does this set of circumstances preclude the project from earning Interior Lighting Option 1?
Sarah Wood
Senior Sustainability SpecialistJacobs
August 8, 2024 - 8:59 pm
Raising this question back up, since it wasn't answered way back when. This credit was recently denied on our LEEDv4 NC project - the LEED reviewer cited that future tenant spaces have been inappropriately excluded from the calcs. The project includes future tenant space that the owner has some/limited control over, but has not yet been leased, designed, or built out. We are categorizing these spaces as "incomplete space", per LEED's definition. The review comment states if we want to appeal the ruling that we must provide a revised LEED form that includes all occupant spaces (including tenant fitout spaces).
My question is: if it's "incomplete space" & will be part of a future tenant fitout, therefore doesn't have lighting controls incorporated, do those future tenant fitout spaces actually count against the attempt to meet the 90% threshold?
(Another requirement that was stated by the reviewer to appeal is to submit a set of nonbinding tenant design & construction guidelines for the incomplete spaces intended to be finished by tenants. This makes sense to us & we've already submitted that as part of the Project Information).
Joyce Kelly
Architect - Cx Provider - Green Building SpecialistGLHN Architects & Engineers
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August 9, 2024 - 9:13 am
With LEED v3, shell spaces in buildings we commissioned weren't required to include vacancy sensors; just 3-way switches. As a LEED Consultant about 16 yrs. ago, I submitted binding Tenant Design & Construction Guidelines for a C&S shopping center development. The building owner signed an affadavit indicating tenants would be required to sign and adhere to the guidelines. In one notable case, a Verizon retail shop not only signed, but later announced they incorporated them into their national standards.