During the value engineering process, a lot of the plantings were removed for budgetary reasons. I need to re-introduce them but judiciously to get back to the spirit of the credit. When is a...

We recently recieved our project review for a property. Initially, we attempted to claim a retention pond as an on-site protected land. The reviewer had doubts as to the value of the lake as a...

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According to 2009 version LEED reference guide there are two ways to calculate out native or adapted vegetation area. Minimum should be either 25% of total site area ( without...

Would a vegetable garden count for this credit?

Does anyone know the basic market price/acre or price/credit for securing contracts on off-site land that meets the SSc5 requirements? We obtained a Land Use Restriction Agreement from Pinhook...

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I have an example with 26% of green area in the site (including the building). Most of this area is a green lawn, but it is not used water and fertilizer, the weather is favorable...

If the project team plans to install vegetated roof, can they earn both credits (SSc5 and SSc7.2) provided the installation meets the required area for landscaping? Is my understanding correct?...

The credit form is asking for a contract with the owner of the off-site property. Do we need a contract between an owner and himself, or a document that states the requirements for the credit...

Our leed project is a single building with other 4 buildings surrounding it. We made the LEED project boundary just around this single building, around the 5 buildings, there are a large area of...

Our project has a man-made pool and has vegetation and fish in the pool, I don't know whether it can meet the requirements?