We have a LEED-CI project occupying one floor of a building, but the project space will be occupied by multiple tenants. Does "tenant" in this credit require each of the multiple tenants to have submeters or is one submeter monitoring the entire floor sufficient enough for the credit? The owner owns the entire building as well.
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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March 23, 2016 - 5:49 pm
Typically a CI project is undertaken by a single tenant related to the fit out of a particular space. Is this like a co-working arrangement or something like that were people pay a fee for some work space and amenities? What is the nature of the multiple tenants? Do they each have separate, walled off spaces? A bit more information might help.
Courtney Royal
Sr. Sustainability ConsultantTaitem Engineering
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March 24, 2016 - 10:22 am
Sure, so its a GSA project so they will share a common corridor and bathrooms, but all three agencies will have their tenant space essentially. Its all under one scope of work, one construction contract. Does this help? The tenant spaces are relatively small, and all this work is actually only for just part of a floor.
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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March 25, 2016 - 11:00 am
The intent of this is to have the tenant pay for the utility bills so they have an incentive to make some improvements. For LEED you are required to have a meter for the tenant space defined as the scope of work for the project. So one meter satisfies that aspect. You might want to make sure the project meets the MPRs relative to the separate tenant spaces.
Courtney Royal
Sr. Sustainability ConsultantTaitem Engineering
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March 27, 2016 - 11:52 pm
Thank you, Marcus. I did some research a while ago because it doesn't fit perfectly into LEED-CI as one registered project or even individual registered projects. So, it seemed applicable to register as one project going by the MPR exception to the definition of "complete interior space." The projects meets the conditions listed.