I'd like to share a recent reviewer comment. If we had not already achieved more than 60 points, I would have appealed this ruling, but it's not worth my time at this point.
"For future submittals, ensure that for any space types where 10% consists of fewer than five rooms, the required numberof rooms are audited."
This comment is not specific enough to sufficently document compliance in an appeal. It is the same comment from the prelim review, which we corrected by auditing additional spaces (example - all staircases, both elevators, and all restrooms). I am confused by what else could be missing. There are more than 5 workstations and conference rooms and we audited 10% of each. I think part of the problem is that the APPA space types do not match the space type inputs in PIF3, nor do they auto-fill. So for future projects, we are using the APPA space type as the starting point for defining regularly occupied space types for PIF3--this semes backwards for me.
Is there a more appropriate venue to make these comments on LEED forms? (besides feedback form on LO)
Lastly, beware of ranking your janitorial staff to high, we also got this comment, "It appears that each space received an average score of 1, which is atypical for a building with numerous spacetypes and for a building of this size. ... Please provide a clarification narrativedescribing the methods used to audit each space and confirming that each space type was assigned an accurate cleanliness score. Ensure that thenarrative confirms that the audit was conducted in accordance with APPA Custodial Staffing Guidelines to determine the appearance level of the facility."
I was offended by this comment. Our property manager pays a premium for premiumn cleaning services. I believe this credit has fundamental flaws in the documentation requirements.
Would it have been quesitoned if we used the leed user worksheet?
Allison Beer McKenzie
Architect, Director of SustainabilitySHP Leading Design
LEEDuser Expert
646 thumbs up
November 15, 2011 - 10:02 am
Alyson- did they actually deny the credit? Or just provide you with "helpful" advice for next time? I agree that the form for this one is frustrating. I do tend to use and submit a separate worksheet (whether is is LEEDuser's or a different one) to try to show exactly what we did.
Jenny Carney
Vice PresidentWSP
LEEDuser Expert
657 thumbs up
February 23, 2012 - 1:49 pm
Alyson, I'm not totally sure, but I think what they maybe have been communicating is that in cases when the number of rooms is greater than 5, but 10% of the number of rooms is less than 5, you must audit at least 5 rooms. For example, if you have 10 rooms, 10% is only 1, but to meet the rules in the RG you must audit 5. If you have fewer than 5 rooms, you have to audit the total number of rooms that exist.