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Building Footprint

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

For the calculation of the building footprint, if the project is located in a Previously developed area .Which area of the building footprint should I use?

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Thu Jan 28, 2016, 7:33 pm

Applying both Case 1 and Case 2 to our site?

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

We have a site that is partially a greenfield and partially previously developed (remediated brownfield).

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Fri Mar 25, 2011, 9:44 pm

Is it possible to achieve this credit through plant troughs?

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

Dear All, We are currently working on a five storey office building and instead of going to a vegetated roof we are planning to have plant troughs all around the building in every level.

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Mon Apr 9, 2012, 12:20 pm

Defining "Footprint" when the Building is on a slope

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

Our project is on a sloped site so the main entry (we call it "ground floor") in above another entry point where part of the building is embedded in the earth.

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Sun Nov 3, 2013, 2:46 am

Documentation requirements

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

Hello, I have a project where a large area of existing forest, about 120 acres will be preserved. What kind of documentation is required for this credit?

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Fri Jun 13, 2014, 8:19 pm

Protect Habitat on Campus

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

Our project is a large medical campus with multiple buildings on a greenfield site.

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Thu Jul 2, 2015, 7:04 pm

Sites with both green and previously developed areas.

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

We are working in a project inside a national park. The site used to be occuppied by a fuel station that was demolished and abated 12 years ago.

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Sun Nov 20, 2011, 6:45 am

Temporary parking and access

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

Hello, In my project we are in case 1 greenfields Sites.

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Sat Nov 3, 2012, 9:00 pm

Underground Parking

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

Our project consists of four individual residential buildings in an inner city area; the site was previously developed.

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Sun Nov 3, 2013, 3:14 am

Open grid pavement for SSc5.1

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

Hi LEED User Team, Do you know if open grid pavement (just counting the green area, that is native grass) counts for SSc5.1? Thank you,

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