I am currently working on a high rise building that would like to achieve the views credit. I understand that the floor plan drawings must be documented in order to calculate which regularly occupied spaces have access to views. However, the LEED reference guide indicates that section drawings should also be provided.
Given that this is a high rise building with a different floor plan layout on each floor, and a project with no available as-built building section drawings - are we required to provide a new section or even multiple sections for every floor of the building? There is no "typical section" in this case.
Dan Ackerstein
PrincipalAckerstein Sustainability, LLC
LEEDuser Expert
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January 24, 2011 - 4:53 pm
Jason - If I were in your shoes I would provide section plans for some kind of representative sample of layouts. Explain your situation to the reviewer and note the % of SF represented by your samples. You are basically illustrating that you know how to do the calculation correctly, which will go a long way towards the reviewer being comfortable approving your credit without seeing a plan for every space.