Existing Office Building - LEED CI or EBOM?

Martin Camargo

LEED AP BD+C, Principal

GLP ENGINEERING, INC.

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January 7, 2013

We have a project consisting of approximately 8000 square feet of office space that was fully built-out about a year ago. The entire building is approximately 16,000 square feet but this client only owns half of the building. Is this project a candidate for LEED CI or would LEED EBOM be more appropriate?

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Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

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Mon, 01/07/2013 - 13:38

Martin, this would have been a great CI project—but a year after completion is almost certainly too late.Thus you'd be looking at EBOM, except that EBOM is intended for whole buildings, so you'd probably need to bring the other half on board.

Steve Khouw

Principal

DNA GreenDesign

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Mon, 01/07/2013 - 14:34

Tristan/Anybody - do you know of an EBOM project that delineate the lEED boundary such that it covered only a part of a whole building, albeit a signficant area, and approved for LEED registration?

Adrienn Gelesz

LEED AP

ABUD Engineering Ltd.

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Mon, 01/07/2013 - 14:42

I think you should do a pre-assessment focusing on whether the prerequisites can be fulfilled, and whether you have enough documentation to prove it. I've seen some projects that earned certification although they started to gather documentation after completion - however some modifications might be needed to get an acceptable score.

Tristan Roberts

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Vermont House of Representatives

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Mon, 01/07/2013 - 15:52

Steve, I don't know about an example of this. If it were to work, you would have to be able to justify the project boundary under MPR3 requirements.Keep in mind that EBOM does include allowances for nonparticipating tenants, but 50% nonparticipating might be too difficult.