I am doing an interior renovation of a barracks building with only minimal exterior work. I will be adding some sidewalks and a small mechanical building. The site is now approximately 65% open with an existing pond (not a wetlands) and the rest mainly open areas of turf and trees. The only new planting will be as required for screening and will be accomplished with native species. Can i achieve this credit?
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David Posada
Integrated Design & LEED SpecialistSERA Architects
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June 29, 2011 - 12:16 pm
Danny - It sounds like you would be able to earn the credit if the LEED site boundary includes a large enough area of qualifying vegetated area for Case 2 - the trees and new native plantings, for example. Make sure you check MPR #3 for the nuances of defining the site boundary, and you may want to verify that boundary makes sense for all the related site and water credits.
In the recently updated MPR guidance at
http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=6473
there's a relevant example at the bottom of page 26 that leaves it up to the project team whether to include a retention pond.