Dear community,
We have a project with two phases. We are now certifying the first phase. We have not used crédits SSc5.1&5.2 because there shall be a future phase changing the metrics of green spaces.
Now towards this credit, I am not sure whether I must include the landscape area covering the footprint of the future phase in my landscape calculation or not. This area is quite large thus has big impact on my calculation.
Thank you very much!
William Weaver
LEED Fellow, WELL APJLL
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December 4, 2013 - 6:27 pm
For the purposes of the water efficient landscaping calculations, you can choose to either include or exclude this landscape area, provided that the total area you use is consistent from base to design case.
Given that a structure is proposed for the future phase area, any irrigation provided now - if any at all - would be temporary. I would tend to exclude this zone from the irrigated landscaped area in both the base and design case.
Valentin Grimaud
Thermal EngineerTERAO Green Building Engineering
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December 19, 2013 - 12:04 pm
Thank you William, this is very clear.