Our project team erroneously missed a small outside air louver that was within the 25 ft. threshold for designated smoking areas. Unfortunately the project has already submitted an appeal for this prerequisite without addressing this particular louver. It is thus anticipated that the prerequisite will be denied following the appeal review. What are our options at this point? If we can get the Owner to agree to remove the smoking area could we potentially proceed to the construction phase of the LEED application, and if so what is the protocol to follow? Or will the project simply be deemed unable to certify?
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Hernando Miranda
OwnerSoltierra LLC
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April 30, 2012 - 12:23 pm
According to the GBCI there are an unlimited number of "first" level appeals. You can seemingly appeal a credit forever. This surprised me because the LEED Certification Policy Manual only identifies first level and final level appeals.
I learned this by paying for a "final" level appeal only to be told I had paid for a second "first" level appeal. The second "first" level appeal was denied because no additional documentation was provide, which is the requirement for a "final" level appeal.
Adjusting a 25' setback for this prerequisite is a simple task. Many of my projects are now using the "smoking island" approach which are one or more small designed smoking areas much more than 25' from any point of the building.