We have been asked this question from a hotel who wants to go for LEED V4 Certification. As per LEED V4, no smoking is allowed inside the building but some concessions have been provided for residential projects (compartmentalization of Smoking areas). But it seems to be for residential project, not for hospitality. Our client have problem wtih this as they do not want this project to be entirely smoking free and still want to go for LEED Certification.
How to go about it.
Joseph Snider
PrincipalIntegrative Sustainability Solutions
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July 9, 2019 - 3:18 pm
Hi -
Did you ever make any further determination on this? Were you able to determine if there is any way to have smoking in a hotel room under LEED v4?
Thank you.
Trista Brown
Project DirectorWSP USA
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July 28, 2019 - 9:13 pm
I don't think there are any alternative pathways for meeting the ETS prerequisite in hospitality projects. The Rating System Variations section of the Reference Guide allows healthcare projects to follow the compartmentalization option, but says nothing about hotels. LEED v4.1 doesn't appear to offer any alternatives either.