Forum quick links
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?
Demonstration that plants are native or adapted
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by David Lazaro on
Hello, We are encountering some problems as to deciding which vegetation species can be counted as adapted. In a Mediterranean country, there are many plants that grow well in our city.
Land Trusts and Land Use Restriction Agreements
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Colin Twohig on
We have a project that is going for LEED Core and Sheel v2009 certification in a densely populated urban area and needs to pursue some form of contractual interaction with a land trust in order to
Greenfield Site
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Maya Karkour on
Hello, Our project is a greenfield site (agricultural land) in a sub-urban area, we have a building footprint taking ~all the site, so we didn’t protect any land on site but we didn’t disturb the u
Incorporating LEED interpretation to SSc5.1
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Phil Meyer on
Hi all, I have a question regarding a recent LEED interpretation citing SSc5.1.
Green Walls
CS-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitatposted by Marcio Alberto Casado Pereira on
Hi all! Can I get any benefit from having green walls in my project, for the purpose of this credit? P.S: It is a Previously Developed Area.