Hi Marcus,
So I'm confused. LEEDuser's preamble above indicates any project can get this credit, and you're not required to implement anything just analyze.

But I've seen some guidance that suggests that the analysis "to identify and select the building site" must be completed "before site selection." Is this accurate?

My decade of experience with LEED projects is that LEED certification is contemplated after a site is selected. We have never been involved with a project that sought their site based in any part on sustainable issues.

So I had previously assumed that we could solicit site selection information from the Owner during Schematic Design and pair it with the sustainable analysis process to evaluate site opportunities to comply with this part of the credit.

Can we earn this credit with the methodology I've described or is site selection itself really part of the criteria?