Dear all, I find these below in contradiction.
If so, does anybody know which is correct?
Supplemental Guidance to MPR revision 2 (1 Sep 2011) - MPR 3:
"3. LEED projects located on a campus must have project boundaries such that if all the buildings on campus become LEED certified, then 100% of the gross land area on the campus would be included within a LEED boundary."
AGMBC 2009 (31 Oct 2011)
"it is not necessary that the sum of all individual LEED project boundaries make up the entire LEED campus boundary area." (p.8)
My understanding of the AGMBC quote is that when LPBs sum less than the LCB (IF MPR 3 allows it): remaining LCB areas excluded from LPBs don't need to comply with SSp1, for example. Since SSp1 can't be applied at Campus level.
I would appreciate experiences/insights on this matter.
Thank you in advance and greetings :)
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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March 21, 2013 - 10:42 am
Zonda, a good question I don't know the answer to. I'm hoping that GBCI will chime in, or that you might have since gotten some guidance.
Lindsey Evans
Architectural DesignerPGAV, Inc.
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March 21, 2013 - 11:35 am
Zonda, the second quote you reference is the continuation of a sentence and cannot be read on its own. The actual quote is, "The LEED campus boundary may include real property for which LEED certification will not be pursued and it is not necessary that the sum of all individual LEED project boundaries make up the entire LEED campus boundary area." Therefore, I believe what the AGMBC and MPR are trying to state is if all the buildings on a campus become LEED certified then 100% of the land area within the campus would have to be included within the LEED project boundaries. But if some of the buildings on a campus are not pursuing LEED certification, then 100% of the land area within the campus does not need to be included within the LEED project boundaries of the buildings that are pursuing LEED certification. Hope this helps. It’s a little hard to explain without a diagram.