Re: Building Additions

Hello David! I am following on this thread because I have a similar case as Garry. Our client has finished construction and we're now on the final documentation stage of the project. But now, they are planning a building addition (completely attached to the original building) and they wish to consider LEED Certification for it too. But, if the addition would have a separate LEED Certification, is it possible to use the same site for this? (as I understood that there cannot be 2 LEED Certifications within a single project boundary) Wouldn't the projects need to use the AGMBC to share site credits? The other option I see is to actually consider the addition into the current Certification project, although a lot of the credits would change. Please correct me if I am wrong! Thanks!

I just realized this story was from 2010! Garry, what did you end up doing for this project and its addition? Thanks!!

I too have a similar project in the works and would like to know how this is done!

I believe I have an answer! I posed the question to the technical department at the GBCI and their response was to refer to the Nov 2009 edition of the Supplemental Guidance of the Minimum Program Requirements: "You may wish to review an older version of the MPR Supplemental Guidance (November 2009), http://www.usgbc.org/resources/leed-2009-mpr-supplemental-guidance-nov-2009, that more specifically addresses the situation you describe. While this document is not the latest version, the guidance on page 15 under 'Site boundary guidance for phased building projects, or building on land that was designated for a previously certified LEED project' can be applied to current projects." Hope this helps everyone else!