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 where we have purchased a large parcel that includes some areas that are zoned for conservation, and we're obviously not disturbing those and they are covered with natural vegatation. Are we allowed to include the whole lot as part of the LEED project boundary to achieve the point?
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
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December 19, 2011 - 12:14 am
Sara, I believe the key document for shedding light on your question is the MPR Supplemental Guidance doc from USGBC. This includes discussion of gerrymandering and how to avoid it. I don't think your situation is really anticipated there, however, since it focuses more on preventing unreasonable exclusions.I would say that if the land is reasonably associated with the project building in some way (and ownership is clearly one component of that) then you are justified in including it.