Dear Leeduser.com members. I have a question regarding correct LEED boundary. 1. The building is being built on the whole site area (3 underground stories) Contractor has planned to build a construction office site, storage, truck wash out area in the other side of the street on a rented land plot. Should it be included in the leed boundary area? 2. The owner has an agreement to borrow parking lots from the neighboring building (by connecting them) in order to meet local minimum parking requirements. Should that neighboring parking also be included in LEED boundary. No construction shall be done...

Hi, I am planning on taking the LEED AP Homes v4 test. Can anyone who has taken this test share their experience? BD+C v4 has a lot of study material available online, but I could not find any for Homes v4. Would the Reference Guide be enough? Thanks. ...

I am working on a project located on a college campus where various university bus lines provide 350 rides per day while school is in session. However, this number drops as low as 15 rides per day while school is not in session (i.e. weekends and holidays). Can exemplary performance still be achieved if the 200 rides per day threshold is not met every day of the year? The frequency of transit generally mirrors the schedule that the building is expected to operate. SSc4.1 United States ...

I am working on a LEED certification for a new building that is attached via a small circulation bridge to an existing LEED-Certified building on a college campus. The new project crosses the boundary of the existing building and I'm unclear how to deal with this line crossing business? I understand that each project needs to have a unique site boundary, but nowhere does it say what to do in the instance of building within an existing boundary. Does this require modifications to the LEED-certified bldg's documentation? I believe these should be considered separate based on my reading of MPR2,...

it indicates- "For the nonresidential and mixed-use setback from sidewalks requirements (c), the distance of the setback must be measured from the property line." Is this presuming sidewalks are always right at property line? What if they are not? What about portions of the building that might be stepped back but facing an on-site pedestrian walking area (near entrances for example) which function as an walking connection to the sidewalk, even though the "sidewalk" might be at (or near) property line. Is this an "equivalent walking route? NPDc1 ...

Our project has a block in which each block face is lined with townhouses or multi-family buildings. On one corner is a mixed-use building. It’s essentially an apartment building with a ground-floor corner store. All four sides of the block will have a continuous sidewalk. Will the sidewalk require an 8’ width A) directly in front of the mixed-use building; B) along the entire length of the two block faces fronted by the mixed-use building; C) along the entire length of all four block faces, including those that are exclusively residential; or D) some other interpretation? Thanks. NPDp1 ...

Hi, Our project is LEED pre-certified plan, with some single detached houses. We are now in the process of reviewing the architectural designs for the units and are looking at how they meet the 1:3 ratio. The facades are highly articulated and have multiple setbacks and roof lines. The guidelines say to use average height and setbacks, but it is unclear how this is calculated. Also, for a peaked roof where do we measure the facade height to? The middle of the peak? Thanks Tyler NPDp1 ...

Just hoping for a clarification/second opinion. Our project features 2-3 story walkup apartments that are access by central breezeways. The breezeways front the street, are connected to the sidewalk, and are how everyone accesses their units. This meets the the intent, correct? In some cases, there is parking behind the buildings, which also connects to the breezeway, so you can access it from the front from the street, or from the back from the parking lot. Finally, if there is a large building, i.e. 300 ft long, and it has a central lobby entrances from both the street front and the parking lot...

lot to give people some perspective of scale. SSc8 ...

line of sight to any non-emergency luminaires must have shielding." What area do we use to establish a direct line of site? Anywhere in the defined site? Outside the site? 2) Do they consider line...