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Site disturbance question

NC-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitat
posted by  Alicia Villanueva  on 

We have a huge project, if the project site is a greenfield, but it has neither trees nor plants; is it possible to install the "construction camps" outside the building footprint and once the proj

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Thu Mar 21, 2013, 4:54 pm

off-site land outside USA

NC-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitat
posted by  Emmanuel Pauwels  on 

In order to comply with the alternative option we would choose to donate land to a land trust within the same EPA Level III Ecoregion identified for the project site.

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Tue Jan 13, 2015, 9:53 pm

How to calculate the area for SSc5.1

NC-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitat
posted by  Felipe Duran  on 

Hallo, I have a question how to calculate following areas: 1.

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Tue May 15, 2012, 5:45 pm

Future Development

NC-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitat
posted by  John Covello  on 

Hello, Is there a signature form required like that of SS Credit 5.2 that requires the owner to not develop portions of the land that is declared as open for this credit?

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Thu Aug 1, 2013, 3:02 pm

Planting in conservancy areas

NC-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitat
posted by  Roberto Meza  on 

Hi everyone, We have a project in a greenfield, it's conservancy areas consist of vegetation that is mostly dry grass.

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Fri Nov 27, 2015, 4:18 am

RE: SSc5.1: It looks like a greenfield site but may not be???

NC-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitat
posted by  Joe Manganelli  on 

Hi All, I am working on a 200 acre site that looks like greenfield farmland.

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Sat Jan 7, 2017, 10:52 pm

Project impacts another area not a part of the Project Boundary

NC-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitat
posted by  Melissa Kemp  on 

My question is: What if a LEED project disturbs land owned by a different party? i.e. if they have to excavate in an adjacent parking lot to install utilities for the building seeking LEED.

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Tue Nov 22, 2011, 4:59 am

Area calculation for trees

NC-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitat
posted by  Muhammad Faisal Azizullah Jaffar  on 

I have a project where trees, shrubs and groundcovers will be used. While the area coverage of shrubs and groundcovers is relatively easy to calculate, trees are a bit more tricky.

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Sun Nov 3, 2013, 3:13 am

Required Vegetated Area

NC-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitat
posted by  CT G  on 

Hello, We have a project with the following site constraints: The LEED Project Boundary includes 2 new buildings: an office tower, and a small bank building.

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what is the exact definition of footprint

NC-2009 SSc5.1:Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitat
posted by  ebru unver  on 

hi everyone, we re working on a project in Turkey İstanbul in which we will be applying for this credit. But we re having a hard time on deciding what the building footprint is.

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Wed Oct 1, 2014, 7:56 pm