The credit requires Native/Adaptive vegetation, and turf seems out of the question. However, what if we use a turf variety that is Native with an addition of Low-water too?

How can we set the form to achieve the 5% of the total site area as described in the reference guide. Because in LEED online, it's the 25% path set as default.

Page 36 of the Ref Guide, section 4, states that monoculture plantings (such as turf) cannot contibute to the credit requirements. I could interpret this 2 ways: a.

Does anyone know the basic market price/acre or price/credit for securing contracts on off-site land that meets the SSc5 requirements?

We are currently pursuing EBOM for a small campus of buildings and are interested in the off-site option and our company owns a large plot of land that will be redeveloped into a new building with

My company currently has an off-site preservation area that we already maintain for a previous project. My question is: to fulfill this credit do we have to have a NEW off-site area?

We have large area of natural landscape with vegetative and adapted vegetation in certain percent of it.

Are there any exceptions to the LPE for this credit? Specifically, could a Certified Arborist with ISA (International Society of Arboriculture) www.isa-arbor.com-be used in place of a RLA?

Our client has a large portion of their lot with low-lying native grasses and shrubs that they maintain my mowing about once per year.