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Building Footprint - Parking Garages
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by WAGNER OLIVEIRA SILVA on
Dears, In our recent projects we are having some doubts about the “Building Footprint” definition.
Building with the skyway
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Elżbieta Pawlak on
The Project is composed of 2 separate buildings connected together with 2 floors of underground garage and 8 floors of skyway.
PV Panels
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Ciaran McCabe on
Can PV panels be installed among a green roof. Whats the official line LEED takes with this.
Building footprint
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Albert Tappe on
Our project is an office tower connected to a large 4 level car park with a public plaza on top and retail at the perimeter on ground level.
Off-site Native Vegetation
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Phil Meyer on
Can anyone clarify how we can achieve SSc5.1 through the use of off-site native vegetation? Do we use an alternative compliance approach and submit forms from LEED EBOM for this same credit?
Undeveloped vs. Greenfield
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Michelle Rosenberger on
One of our warehouse projects is the fifth phase of an existing development.
Offsite Landscape
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Irina Serrano on
I'm working on a project in Sao Paulo, Brazil and our project will implement a green area (1506.95 sf) outside our leed project boundary.
Exemplary performance for offsite land
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Heather Holdridge on
We are planning to donate offsite land to a land trust to gain earn this credit. This land will be equal to more than 75% of the previously developed area (including the building footprint).
green roof
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Rob Hink on
I'm doing a Core and Shell project with a different retail and restaurant spaces. the project has a lot of green roofs. What sort of calculations do I do to get this credit?