When LEED EB certifying a hospital with multiple buildings that are all interconnected with tunnels, energy, water, one address, and waste, operating as one building. Would it be necessary to sub meter and monitor each building or because of the interconnectedness could it be classified under a single project?

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Our project got back the Final Design Review, but changes that affect one Awarded credit occurred during construction. Can we revise the previously Awarded credit calculations and submit this credit for a third review (Construction Preliminary) at no cost?

I have a LEED project that includes three buildings and a large constructed wetlands, however there is an existing building smack in the middle of them. How do I go about defining the LEED project boundary considering this existing building? Do I exclude it? How? Can you exclude an island within the LEED project boundary? Or gerrymander around it? Does the LEED project boundary have to be contiguous or can it be two separate plots? Or can I just note it as an existing building "not in the scope of the leed project" and ignore it? This will affect all kinds of considerations such as hardscape calculations, roof heat island, etc etc.

The following message appears if a total of more than one building is selected in "Number of buildings attempting certification as part of this LEED Application:" at PIf2:
"At present, only one building may be included in a LEED 2009 project registration. For more information about multiple building LEED projects, visit us online. For definitions of separate, distinct buildings for the purposes of LEED, see the Supplemental Guidance to the MPRs."

Is it OK to input 2 buildings and write down it is a group certification on the additional details tab?

Thanks in advance,

My project has completed design review, and construction is nearly complete. Owner has occupied the building. This NC project has 2 construction phases - A main building in phase I, and large canopy in Phase II. Construction has been delayed on the canopy phase II and the owner wants to certify the main (occupied) building - can we modify our certification for the Phase I building (only) if our documentation is revised to reflect only phase I, or would we need to go through design review again with revisions?

(Credit 4.1 states: 'Design the lot such that at least 70% of the buildable land; not including area under roof, is permeable or designed to capture water runoff for infiltration on site.' )
Is there a minimum percentage of the total site area that must be considered a "buildable" land area for the permeable lot?

Also, what is the definition of a 'steep' slope for permanent erosion control?

Thank you.

I am having a great deal of trouble finding any indication of how the campus side of the new site works. (For that matter, it took some scouring to even find the new site. Why is it not hosted by GBCI?)

Does anyone have experience or feedback on using it?
Is there a way to download the credit forms which are apparently modified for the application guidance?
I can find a too-brief video showing how the group side works. Is there a more extensive one showing how master site and individual projects link and work together on the site?
I need to make a decision soon whether to migrate over. I had a project that got burned by migrating too early to LEED2009 and dealing with buggy forms and incomplete site, so I'd like to use this but I'm shy without some way to see exactly what I'd be working with.

I have finally completed the documentation of all credits for a 2009 NC project. I am ready to submit, and have marked off all credits as "complete" in the credit information area. All of them appear with green check marks on the LEED Online scorecard. At the top, the scorecard accurately adds up all of the attempted credits, indicating that we are ATTEMPTING 82 points, which is correct. However, just to the left of this total at the top of the scorecard, there is another line that says "Points Possible: 81."

Why is there one less point possible than we are attempting? Obviously we are right on the brink and need every point we can get. Is there any way to know what point is missing? Should I be concerned?

Does anyone know of statistics that say what % of LEED projects are Platinum, Gold, Silver and Certified? I have not been able to find anything and this would be useful information for promoting LEED to customers. Thank you!

After having registered our project (LEED NC for Schools) it was determined that the building would be constructed in two phases, one right after the other, with Phase 1 being occupied while Phase 2 is under construction. Additionally it is possible that the two phases will be completed by different contractors under different contracts.

If the two phases are constructed under different contracts, can the building still be registered as a single project? Or will we need to register a group project and document each phase individually?

Thanks for your help,