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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?
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.
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.
Tunnels counted in building footprint?
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Deborah Lucking on
Our project has a tunnel that is totally below grade. Our initial thought is to exclude the tunnel from the building footprint, as that does not get counted in the site open area calculations.
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?
Building Footprint
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Ana Paula Liptak Constancio on
Hi all, I have doubts about the definition of nonbuilding facilities (when it said ‘Parking lots, landscapes, and other nonbuilding facilities are not included in the building footprint’). My pr