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Staggered Vegetated Areas
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Martin Meehan on
Hello, Our project contains vegetated areas which are located in staggered locations within the LEED boundary.
Land trust
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Gabriela Hernández Castillo on
Our project has very limited landscape options and I just found out about the offsite land donation. We are by no means familiar with the Land trust nor the EPA level III ecoregion.
Open bottom planters
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Michael E. Edmonds-Bauer on
Reading the missing manuals I saw that planters can contribute to credit compliance as long as they are open bottom. By language barriers we do not fully understand the difference betweet an open
project footprint definiton
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by tanner white on
I have a building with 3 foot overhangs around it.
Vegetated area requirement
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by JOHN BURNETT on
Hello, I am working on a project in China. According to local standards, only area with 600mm (approx.
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.
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.
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?