We are working on a project for a college campus in LEED V4. We have planters on the project that we will use and I was wondering where LEED sits on that. Looking through the reference guide it states nothing about planters, but I do not see why they wouldn't count. Can anyone else verify?
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Kimberly Schlaepfer
Sustainability Coordinator LEED AP O+M, BD+C74 thumbs up
January 18, 2017 - 11:11 am
Hi Justin,
The reference guide does not provide a clear answer here. However, because the reference guide does not mention it, and planters were allowed in v2009, I am assuming they would be allowed here as well. As long as you provide vegetation on 25% of the total open space using planters, gardens, etc, I believe this would qualify for the Open Space requirements.
Hope this helps!