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What does it mean "overhead vegetated canopy"?

Is it a green tunnel with ivy or similar vegetation?

And does the sourface of the pavement under tree canopy also count...

How much of vegetation on either side of path can count as qualifying open space?  it is clear from the credit that on site with a path through a garden, the entirety of the garden could qualify...

Hello, 

I have a question. 

Our project have a cafe space outdoor. Can we consider it as an open space? Can you give me some suggestion? 

Thanks and regard! 

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I have a student residence project within a university campus. Both the building and the campus are owned by the same entity. My project may not have enough room to provide...

Michelle Rosenberger Partner ArchEcology LEEDuser Premium Member 522 thumbs up July 14, 2017- 3:20 pm Hi Mike, I am wondering about this also and agreeing it appears to be removed. Since it doesn't appear you got a response from this forum, what did you decide to do? Have you submitted? And how did it work out? Log in or register to post comments Michelle Bombeck Associate Principal O'Brien360 LEEDuser Premium Member 34 thumbs up June 18, 2018- 8:48 pm Mike, Michelle- any update on this question? Log in or register to post comments Erin Holdenried Sustainable Design Director Bell...

We've been discussing this internally and have people on both sides of the fence. Would a designated smoking area fall under the definition of a site element that accommodates outdoor social...

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We have a campus project. There are different phases of construction in the same campus boundary. We are working on the current phase lets say Phase A, and it has...

We have a campus site site with areas, outside of construction limits, that contain many mature shade trees with turf grass underneath. The credit requirements on Page 177 state that a minimum of...

Does LEED turf count as vegetation in the 25 % minimum vegetation of outdoor space?

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I have two questions related to calculating the 25% Vegetated Space for the Sustainable Sites Credit in LEED v4.0:

(1) If we are landscaping using a...