I am working on LEED documentation for a project that meets all the requirements in Option 2 for community connectivity. The site has never had a building on it, however it has been graded, there are utilities running through it and it is in the center of a master-planned university campus with surrounding buildings. Will this qualify as a previously developed site, and is there separate documentation required to prove this?
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Julie Hendricks
PresidentSage Building Revival
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September 29, 2010 - 12:09 pm
Hi Reid,
Yes, it's previously developed. The C&S Glossary defines "Previously Developed" as sites that "once had buildings, roadways, parking lots, or were graded or otherwise altered by direct human activities." In the past, I've provided an aerial image of the existing site, or a Phase II environmental assessment, to show that the site is previously graded.