Hi, my name is Nathan Retzlaff and I am interning with James Sherman at UC Santa Cruz where we are in the process of registering UCSC as a master site. Our campus is very big and contains many buildings. Is it ok to use a base building in the registration process for a master site and then use full campus data later? Also, when we are submitting data for the campus credits and prerequisites that ask for information that pertains to one building, should we pick one building to base all of those credits on? Any help and guidance will be much appreciated.
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Eric Anderson
Technical Customer Service SpecialistGBCI
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May 3, 2012 - 1:34 pm
Hi Nathan, In general, the information entered for the Master Site project should address all anticipated buildings and the entire LEED campus boundary, not just the typical, "base", or initial building to be built on the site. For more guidance on how to complete the registration data for the Master Site project, including the pertinent sections of the Project Information forms, please refer to this section of the LEED Online v3 Help content (https://www.leedonline.com/irj/go/km/docs/documents/usgbc/leed/config/co...(agmbc).htm?searchTxt=AGMBC&criteria=any#Master Documentation Tips).
Appendix A (https://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=10484) of the latest version of the AGMBC document (https://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=10486) includes information for each eligible campus credit/prerequisite on how and where to enter site-wide data &/or aggregated data from multiple buildings for the Master Site project's documentation. The AGMBC FAQ (https://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=9224) provides guidance on this topic, as well--see particularly the top of the fourth page of the pdf. It is worth noting that if you do not yet have enough information about the future buildings on the shared site/campus, the effectiveness of a Master Site is limited, as changes to the Master Site based upon the impact of future buildings will have to be re-reviewed at project team's expense (see top of pg 13 of the AGMBC document).
James Sherman
Facilities CommissionerUniversity of Calif. Santa Cruz
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May 15, 2012 - 3:57 pm
Thanks for your advice Eric, however, when I was about to enter in the number of buildings in the master site for prerequisite 2 it said that I can only enter in one building at a time. Is this true? Do I have to enter in information for each of the 419 buildings at UC Santa Cruz to be registered for campus credits?
Eric Anderson
Technical Customer Service SpecialistGBCI
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May 15, 2012 - 6:24 pm
Hi James, Can you clarify which "prerequisite 2" you are referring to? Are you talking about MPR 2, EAp2, Project Informatino Form 2, or something else? Thanks.
James Sherman
Facilities CommissionerUniversity of Calif. Santa Cruz
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May 18, 2012 - 2:42 pm
Project Informaton form 2. When I try to enter in the total number of buildings for our campus (over 350 buildings) it says that we can only put in one. Does this mean that all of the information should apply to a base building of our choosing or do we still enter information for the total campus?
Simon Sue
SL+A INTERNATIONAL ASIA INC.411 thumbs up
May 30, 2012 - 3:05 am
James,
Unfortunately, the LEED Online program is not yet prepared to handle some Master Site criteria such as the question you've asked about "number of buildings" on PI Form 2. If you enter any number greater than "1" you will receive an error (or at least we did on our recent EB:O&M Master Site project). For the Master Site PI Form 2, you should enter "1" for number of buildings, and include a narrative explaining the actual number of buildings anticipated on your LEED campus. The actual Master Site credits should apply to all buildings within your site (in your case it sounds like more than 350 potential buildings). For credits that will not be shared by the ENTIRE campus/Master Site, you may still pursue these within the individual project review for each building.
*ALSO ~ When submitting the Master Site, if you project is pursuing less than 40 total points within the Master Site submittal, you will likely receive an error (again, LEED Online is not yet prepared for this new process) and need to contact USGBC directly to submit the Master Site for review.
Hope this helps!