Sidewalk definition

Jens Apel

LEEDuser Basic Member

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August 10, 2011

How would the sidewalk length for the category "Sidewalk Intrusions" be measured for a project consisting of several buildings on a plaza. There are no defined sidewalks and nor driveways on the plaza (all hardscape). I would assume one sidewalk at the project boundary and one between each building.

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Chris Marshall

Manager, LEED Technical Development

U.S. Green Building Council

LEEDuser Premium Member

123 thumbs up

Fri, 08/12/2011 - 16:54

On the whole, you need to be careful to have common terminology for project features across all submitted credits. Meaning, if it is a plaza, you should not call it a sidewalk for the purposes of a different credit (i.e. this pilot credit). Because you have indicated that the plaza does not have defined sidewalks, it would therefore not contribute towards compliance with the sidewalk intrusions requirement.