Hello. I am currently working on a tenant improvement project located within a building that was previously LEED certified under the Core & Shell rating system. The tenant is pursuing LEED certification for this space under the CI rating system. The new design contains only (1) water fixture, a break room sink. I am under the impression that typically the restroom water fixtures that will be used by the tenants of the space need to be included in the water reduction calculations. However, since those fixtures are in restrooms serving all occupants of the building and were included and accounted for under the Core & Shell LEED project, is it appropriate to include them under this CI project? What I am getting at is that if we provide a break room sink fixture that is 45% below baseline, this will count towards a substantial number of points. This may appear to be gaming the system a bit, but I would argue that it is unfair to include water fixtures that the CI project owner has no control over and are already accounted for on another LEED certified project.
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Scott Adams
PrincipalSustainable Integration LLC
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July 17, 2014 - 10:45 pm
I have fought this fight before, and lost. It does not matter that the fixtures were accounted for in a previous LEED certification or even that they are outside of your control. You will still need to include them.
Note that this requirement only applies to the credit. Fixtures outside of your project space do not need to be included for the prerequisite.