My project is a Hotel in urban area with almost a zero lot line. The owner purchased fifteen 25 ft. live oak trees and gave them to the County to be planted in the local Park that was undergoing renovations. These trees will shade approx. 3 acres or 130,000 sf. Do you think we can use this to capture SSc5.1 or SSc5.2?

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Cynthia Estrada

LEED AP BD&C

SDS Architects, Inc.

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Wed, 04/06/2016 - 18:57

Hi Sheryl, While it was a wonderful gesture, in my experience with this credit, SSc5.1 needs to be applied to the actual building site. For SSc5.2 while campus situations (with no zoning requirements) can take advantage of open space separate from the project site, it needs to be preserved for the life of the building and it sounds like you can't guarntee that. You might look into this applying to an Innovation credit on community support or enhancements.

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