We were inspired to test out this credit because of the huge increase in students walking to school after we completed a full renovation of a historic school in North Adams, MA. Close...

I have a project in Miami that meets all the criteria of the SSpc14 credit, however I have a question to define the following requirement - "When a Façade extends along a sidewalk – no more...

Wow. The credit makes some sense, but the process is definitely a challenge. I just spent 20 minutes trying to find the survey to complete it. Tristan, your link went to a strange page, and...

The link provided to us for the Pilot Credit Participant Survey only directs to the USGBC homepage. Is there an up to date link for this?

When I searched the forum for insight on how to apply/adapt some of the requirements for a campus setting, the posts were from way back in August 2012. Having just attempted the credit on an...

One of the requirements states, "At-grade crossings with driveways account for no more than 10% of the length of sidewalks within the project". when they say sidewalk do they strictly mean the...

For the following requirement:

- If a facade extends along a sidewalk, no more than 40% of its length or 50 feet, whichever is less, is blank (without doors or windows).

Is the...

Kristina Bach VP of Innovation Sustainable Investment Group LEEDuser Basic Member 151 thumbs up January 6, 2016- 9:42 am We usually do a screenshot of our posts on the particular LEED User Pilot Credit Forum with our contribution highlighted. In terms of amount of participation, the purpose of pilot credits are to test-drive potential credits. As such, USGBC wants to collect feedback on the process, suggestions for changes, questions teams have on requirements, etc. If you did not already post any questions that you may have had while in design, I would suggest posting at least one post...

I agree with Andrew about the building height requirements for this credit. It is the one area that may need to be looked at further. It is true that developing a street frontage is a good design...

HI all,
The language of this pilot credit and this discussion raises questions that I'd love to get clarification on:
Is the required distance between street trees 45 feet (15 meters...