My project is a renovation of one floor of a 4 story office building. The entire floor is leased by one tenant. No initial fit-out is in the scope of work. We are targeting LEED CI certification.
The renovation is in pockets of work in 5 different areas.
In this situation I understand LEED still wants the certified portion of the project to be clearly definable from areas not included in the project boundary.
I see 2 options for defining the project boundary:
• Link the different pockets into one larger space. This would result in an alteration of less than 60% of the project boundary, which appears to not be enough according to the supplemental guide. It would also be hard to clearly define the project boundary.
• Only certify one chunk of the project, 2,900 square feet of conference rooms & reception, all in one area and easier to define the project boundary. The other smaller pockets of work would not be included in the project boundary.
I believe the second option is the obvious choice. Please comment if you see any issues with this approach.
I plan to upload the plans showing the LEED project boundary for design review.
I appreciate the help.
Susan Walter
HDRLEEDuser Expert
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December 26, 2013 - 11:34 am
I believe that you can certify the large floor plus the pockets and that there is language on this in LEED. (For some reason the AGMBC comes to mind but doesn't make sense for CI but I'll keep working on it.) Hopefully someone will come back from break and know.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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December 27, 2013 - 2:38 pm
Jerry, I agree that option 2 is more obvious and clear. However, there is the disadvantage of documenting a smaller space within the context of a larger project. I would explore option 1 a bit more. When you reference the 60% threshold, are you referring to the rating system selection guidance? ... Because that has a flexible threshold of 40%–60% for rating system selection. Perhaps a larger boundary would be a better fit with the rating system, and in terms of your documentation.
Luciana T.
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February 7, 2014 - 1:38 pm
My case is similar, I am remodeling only one floor of a 9-story building. The tenant occupies the whole floor but it is not remodeling all the rooms within their space. The remodel is about 80% of the floor.
My question is: Is the LEED Boundary the full floor being remodeled or only the areas undergoing the remodel?