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Athletic Field included under SSc5.2, but excluded under WEc1?

NC-2009 SSc5.2: Site development - maximize open space
posted by Lisa Milano on Feb 20, 2013, 5:52 pm

There is an existing athletic field within our project's LEED boundary that we would like to include in our calculation for SSc5.2 in order to earn exemplary performance.
Per...

Last reply: Ellen Mitchell, Feb 22, 2013, 5:44 pm

Open space have to be acessible?

NC-2009 SSc5.2: Site development - maximize open space
posted by Marcio Alberto Casado Pereira on Feb 14, 2013, 9:17 am

We have a big area vegetated with adaptaded species within the LEED Campus Boundary (we have a multiple building situation) that does meet the 1:4 side slope criteria but it is unlikely that the...

Last reply: Ellen Mitchell, Feb 20, 2013, 5:56 pm

Public Plaza nearby the project site- LEED ND

NC-2009 SSc5.2: Site development - maximize open space
posted by Gaston Viau on Dec 6, 2012, 4:55 pm

Our project is located on a LEED ND. When designing the neighborhood, local zoning requirements were committed by a Development Plan which included open spaces all around the neighborhood. In...

Last reply: Ellen Mitchell, Dec 7, 2012, 11:11 am

Open space and void deck

NC-2009 SSc5.2: Site development - maximize open space
posted by Jean-Baptiste Noel on Nov 27, 2012, 2:59 am

We are working on a project that has a void deck, so that there is vegetation at the ground level 'under' the building, so at the same location as the building footprint.
Would this type of...

Last reply: Ellen Mitchell, Nov 27, 2012, 9:51 am

Required Signatory SSc5.2-1. Owner/Agent

NC-2009 SSc5.2: Site development - maximize open space
posted by Aldo Pazo on Oct 5, 2012, 4:56 am

Hello everyone!!

Could anyone explain what's required in point Upload SSc5.2-RS1? There are 2 documents asked for:

Point 1: Is it the form with blanks?
Point 2: Are they the...

Last reply: Ellen Mitchell, Nov 26, 2012, 10:12 am

100% open space regulation

NC-2009 SSc5.2: Site development - maximize open space
posted by Simon Chantal on Nov 8, 2012, 4:46 pm

What happens when the local code states that 100% of undevelopped space must be covered with grass or plants? Does it mean that I cannot achieve this credit since I can't exceed local zoning...

Last reply: Susan Walter, Nov 9, 2012, 8:29 am

LEED Site Boundary

NC-2009 SSc5.2: Site development - maximize open space
posted by Scott Preston on Oct 12, 2012, 12:59 pm

We have a residential high-rise project in a dense urban environment. It shares a zero lot line with an adjacent parking...

Last reply: Ellen Mitchell, Oct 24, 2012, 5:54 pm

Complicated Open Space/Habitat Protection, LEED Boundary

NC-2009 SSc5.2: Site development - maximize open space
posted by Ken Scalf on Apr 29, 2012, 6:34 pm

We are attempting to achieve exemplary performance in open space and protection of habitat. The project is located, and a portion of a secured (fenced) industrial park setting w/ the back...

Last reply: Ken Scalf, Jun 18, 2012, 2:07 pm

Can Atriums or shaded open spaces still qualify for the credit?

NC-2009 SSc5.2: Site development - maximize open space
posted by Ahmed Mosa on Mar 9, 2012, 11:52 pm

In hot humid climates we tend to shade open spaces or design it as an Atrium, and since it's a "pedestrian oriented accessible space" would this space still qualify for SS C5.2 ? or it has to be...

Last reply: Ahmed Mosa, Apr 11, 2012, 9:13 am

Open space below the building

NC-2009 SSc5.2: Site development - maximize open space
posted by Ramón Gutiérrez on Dec 19, 2011, 1:09 pm

Hello from Spain,
Our ground floor is smaller than our building footprint. So we have vegetated open spaces at ground level, outside of our ground floor and below the building.
Two...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Feb 17, 2012, 5:59 pm