Contiguous Issue Revisited

Elizabeth McPherson

Principal

McPherson Environmental Resources

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November 16, 2010

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Nina Bradstreet

P.E., LEED AP+NC

BCJ Engineers

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Tue, 11/16/2010 - 14:10

That's a tough one - the wells are across the street but the piping has to get from the wells to the building equipment . What path does it take? I think you could create a contiguos boundary from the field if you incorporate the piping path. Do you plan to re-habilitate the field afterwards and not build on it?

Elizabeth McPherson

Principal

McPherson Environmental Resources

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Tue, 11/16/2010 - 14:23

Thanks for the response. The pipes all cross in the same general area so yes, incorporating the piping path "only" looks like a good idea. I wanted to avoid claiming the road at all since we are using only high SRI paving materials for all our hardscape, and we would be candidates for exemplary performance for 100% heat island effect reduction; but this may nix that. We will not be building on the field after the system is in place. Thanks for your insight.

Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

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Tue, 11/16/2010 - 17:18

You may be able to include the field in your LEED boundary non-contiguously. See USGBC's MPR Supplemental Guidance doc. And let us know how it goes.

Maura Adams

Environmental Stewardship Manager

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Thu, 01/13/2011 - 14:22

Similar question - we had to re-route part of a private road and move a playing field across the street. The road existed already, just shifted a bit. Does this have to be included as hardscape?

Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

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Thu, 01/13/2011 - 15:46

Maura, if it's in your LEED boundary (which you and David discussed on the MPR forum), and it's hardscape, I'm not sure of what argument you would use for not counting it as hardscape? This would particularly be true if it's a private road owned by the project owner.