I've been reading and re-reading the interpretations by USGBC and the posts on this site and I still feel like I can't positively state the answer to the following question our team has:
Can the LEED Boundary be different than the Lighting Boundary?
We have our LEED site boundary set at the property line. This boundary does not allow us to achieve SSc8. If we use the exception of half the drive for the lighting boundary, we then will achieve SSc8. We could change the boundary for all the credits but we've already submitted for the first round and don't want to go changing all of the documentation for all of the credits if we can just change the boundary for SSc8 and leave the rest as-is.
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MANNY IGLESIA
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April 10, 2019 - 6:28 pm
We are in the same scenario. Here's what I will be strategizing. I will use the SSc8 V4 credit form (https://www.usgbc.org/articles/new-leed-v4-credit-substitutions-2009-projects) in order for me to use the centerlines of the streets around our property line. In that way, my photometrics shall not exceed the maximum. I'll still fill out the v3 credit form but alert the Reviewer that we are trying to accomplish this credit with the V4 credit form uploaded as a pdf.