Project Building Context - Residence Hall New Jersey

Anna: Generally metro areas with a population over a 1,000,000 or a city with a population over 100,000 may be considered urban. Suburban would refer to a residential area on the outskirts of a city. Suburban areas generally have lower population density. Hope this helps.

Anna—The distinction between “urban" and other contexts appears to be relevant to only a few credits: . . SSc5.2 (Site Development—Maximize Open Space) permits projects in urban areas that also earn SSc2 (Development Density and Community Connectivity) to include vegetated roofs and pedestrian-oriented hardscape in “open space” calculations. . . SSc6.1 (Stormwater Design—Quantity Control) prescribes a special compliance path for “zero lot line projects located in urban areas with a minimum density of 1.5 FAR.” . . SSc8 (Light Pollution Reduction) uses exterior “lighting zones” that correspond roughly to rural, suburban, urban, and urban core. Beyond these credits, your response on PIf2 may not make much difference (although reviewers might look twice at a “greenfield” site in an urban core or a high level of community connectivity on a rural site). In most cases, “Go with what seem right”: http://www.leeduser.com/topic/determining-project-building-context-leed-pi-form-2-project-summary-details-leed-lov3