has anyone had experience of achieving LEED CI SS1 via option 1 for the certified base building if the base building has been certified using some other recognised green building standard such as BREEAM in the UK or Three Star in China rather than LEED. Do you know if the USGBC or GBCI will accept this?
thank you
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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September 29, 2010 - 9:44 pm
I've asked around and haven't found anyone with experience in this situation.While USGBC is working on "internationalizing" LEED to recognize regional equivalents of standards, they haven't publicly done this yet for this credit or any others. I think you could make a case for it (particularly if you can find third-party evidence, i.e. studies, showing equivalence) but I don't know if it would fly.
Paula Rantanen
Team managerGranlund
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February 6, 2012 - 4:21 am
Has this issue progressed since 2010? Has any equivalency been recognized between LEED and BREEAM? I am working on a LEED CI project in a BREEAM NC Excellent rated base building in the UK.
Susann Geithner
PrincipalEmerald Built Environments
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March 14, 2012 - 2:40 pm
No changes so far. But you might want to check the international compliance paths. The USGBC keeps adding more so stay posted.
Susann Geithner
PrincipalEmerald Built Environments
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March 16, 2012 - 12:59 pm
Good news. LEED will recognized BREEAM. Read more here. http://bit.ly/zwJW36