LEED v4 for homes Table 1:Baseline Waste list waste by both bedrooms and conditioned space but there is no guidance as to when one should use conditioned sf vs bedrooms. For an affordable housing project with a smaller than average square footage vs. bedrooms we would be able to achieve more points if we calculate based on bedrooms. Is this the intent and our option?
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What this means is that you should calculate the baseline floor area for each unit (based on Table 1) and then add in non-unit space area. For example if there are ten 2 bedroom units in the building and 1,000 s.f. of common areas, the baseline floor area would be (10 x 1,600) + 1,000 = 17,000 s.f.
The actual size of each dwelling unit doesn’t impact the baseline calculation. However, having smaller units will benefit the project because smaller unit’s will produce less construction waste.