Any ideas why the Lease Agreement cannot be used for this prerequisite? Like others here, our building is an empty warehouse with no TI work. The client doesn't want to specify an interior or exterior space, but rather leave it flexible to meet a future Tenant's needs in the Lease Agreement. Constructing a recycling room just to be torn down, trashed, and rebuilt elsewhere during TI makes little sustainable sense to me.
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Emily Catacchio
Sustainability SpecialistWight and Company
610 thumbs up
June 6, 2012 - 8:40 pm
Curt,I haven't heard of any other strategy, other than including the required storage area, working here. Consider that it is a dedicated "Area" not necessarily a separately built room. I have seen this type of storage built in under a counter or in the same room as bicycle storage, for example.
Curt Pascoe
P.E., LEED AP BD+CRyan Companies US, Inc.
123 thumbs up
June 7, 2012 - 9:32 am
Could this be as simple as designating an open "area" on the open floor plan as recycling storage? We have no interior rooms or walls in the Core & Shell scope - would the reviewer accept this sort of submittal? We plan to include the requirement in the Lease Agreement anyways, because future tenants may choose to move the dedicated area.
Nadia Ayala
Architect / LEED AP BD+CKILTIK Consultoría
52 thumbs up
June 18, 2012 - 4:39 pm
Hi,
We have the same question! Curt, have you had any response?
Curt Pascoe
P.E., LEED AP BD+CRyan Companies US, Inc.
123 thumbs up
June 18, 2012 - 4:56 pm
We submitted using the Lease Agreement despite the credit template's directions not to. I will respond when we get comments (a few more weeks away).
Nadia Ayala
Architect / LEED AP BD+CKILTIK Consultoría
52 thumbs up
July 23, 2012 - 1:33 pm
Hi Curt, sorry to bother you, have you had any response yet?
Curt Pascoe
P.E., LEED AP BD+CRyan Companies US, Inc.
123 thumbs up
July 23, 2012 - 5:34 pm
We just received comments, and no, the Lease Agreement is not allowed. However, the reviewer suggested we set aside exterior space (a truck dock, in our case) for our recycling storage area. This way a room would not have to be constructed, and in reality, tenants would bring their recyclables to a dumpster anyways. The layout will involve a trash and recycling dumpster side by side.