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Restored Areas

CS-2009 SSc5.1: Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by Biagio Arevalo on Nov 4, 2010, 3:55 pm

am It was a long time ago George so I don't remember it. I'm sorry. Make sure you review the WEc1 LEED forum, I think they make reference to the green wall system too saying only on LEED 2012...

Last reply: Gabriela Hernández Castillo, Apr 11, 2012, 10:30 am

Sedums as Habitat

CS-2009 SSc5.1: Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by Maria Fiorelli on Mar 9, 2012, 8:41 am

I've heard recently that Sedum roofs are no longer being accepted as providing enough habitat to achieve 5.1. Is there any truth to this?

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Apr 5, 2012, 7:11 pm

Land trust

CS-2009 SSc5.1: Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by Gabriela Hernández Castillo on Feb 20, 2012, 10:13 am

Our project has very limited landscape options and I just found out about the offsite land donation.

We are by no means familiar with the Land trust nor the EPA level III ecoregion. Would...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Feb 21, 2012, 2:56 pm

Building Footprint

CS-2009 SSc5.1: Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by Ana Paula Liptak Constancio on Dec 20, 2011, 12:13 pm

Hi all,

I have doubts about the definition of nonbuilding facilities (when it said ‘Parking lots, landscapes, and other nonbuilding facilities are not included in the building footprint...

Last reply: David Posada, Dec 20, 2011, 1:15 pm

Permeable pedestrian sidewalk

CS-2009 SSc5.1: Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by MARCIO OROFINO on Dec 9, 2011, 8:58 am

Would anyone inform if permeable pedestrian sidewalk on the ground, recharging groundwater, may be counted towards the achievement of the restored área and ecollogic site feature?
Tks

Last reply: MARCIO OROFINO, Dec 19, 2011, 1:52 pm

Open Space and LEED Project Boundary

CS-2009 SSc5.1: Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by Sara Neff on Nov 28, 2011, 8:54 pm

If there are city/state/federal restrictions on development such that development in certain areas is prohibited by law, can I include those areas in the LEED project boundary? I have a project...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Dec 19, 2011, 12:14 am

Indoor vegetation.

CS-2009 SSc5.1: Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by Gabriela Hernández Castillo on Dec 21, 2010, 1:10 am

Can indoor vegetation be counted as green area so we can comply with SSC5.1 under the RESTORE path?

How would you define something that "promotes" biodiversity?

Thank you.

Last reply: Gabriela Hernández Castillo, Dec 16, 2011, 4:09 pm

Building footprint

CS-2009 SSc5.1: Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by Albert Tappe on May 15, 2011, 4:44 pm

Our project is an office tower connected to a large 4 level car park with a public plaza on top and retail at the perimeter on ground level. I understand the exclusion of surface parking from the...

Last reply: Devon Bertram, Jul 27, 2011, 7:25 pm

Bldg Footprint_Cooling Tower & Generator

CS-2009 SSc5.1: Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by Nancy Goshow on Jul 6, 2011, 10:19 am

We have a cooling tower and emergency generator adjacent to our building that is on a concrete pad and surrounded by a screen...

Last reply: Devon Bertram, Jul 27, 2011, 7:00 pm

Tunnels counted in building footprint?

CS-2009 SSc5.1: Site development - protect or restore habitat
posted by Deborah Lucking on Apr 14, 2011, 5:26 pm

Our project has a tunnel that is totally below grade. Our initial thought is to exclude the tunnel from the building footprint, as that does not get counted in the site open area calculations....

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Apr 22, 2011, 6:52 pm