hi,
in general for LEED ND-Plan, must the architectural plans submitted for LEED review be approved by local councils already or may they be still in the planning stage?
Is it enough to show, for instance for water conservation, that the legally approved blueprints for the neighborhood include conditions for a building permit that list maximum water usage for each type of fixture (e.g. toilets with water usage of less than 4 liters per flush) - or must the detailed plumbing plans for each building be submitted?
I have the same question for several of the credits - because we are planning a green neighborhood, but each building will be built by a separate contractor. We were hoping to draft a master plan for the project that each contractor could be obligated to adhere to - we are unable to control the execution timeline for all the buildings.
thanks for any help!
Eliot Allen
LEED AP-ND, PrincipalCriterion Planners
LEEDuser Expert
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July 16, 2018 - 11:45 am
Sarit, it is not necessary to submit detailed building design plans for the first level of ND recognition called ND Plan Letter of Support. For this you only need to make commitments to achieve credits involving design issues such as energy and water use. Note that you're committing to achieving the credit requirements, not the local building code conservation standards. The next ND level called Certified Plan does require design information for these features, as does the final level of Built Project. And your approach of using a master plan to obligate subsequent individual developers is acceptable as long as the obligation is clear and legally binding. The inability to control the timing of future building construction isn't a problem.
Eliot