Residential, Commercial vs Institutional

Phillip Cook

WGE

LEEDuser Basic Member

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May 9, 2013

I am working on a building used to house sick children and their family after their treatment. It is not a healthcare building (i.e. no medical staff). The building contains many rooms (like a hotel) with shared lounge areas, kitchen and laundry facilities. Occupants remain their for a limited time - like they would in a hotel. Essentially this is a specialist hotel. My question is - are these areas Residential (no in room kitchen etc), commercial (like a hotel) or institutional (I dont really know what this means?). I have found a definition of Residential on LEED Online but I cannot find any definitions of the other space types. I am from Australia - so I am not sure if these definitions are part of US building codes etc. I have assumed the building will be rated under NC 2009 but some credits (like SSc4.2 Bicycle Storage) also ask for the differentiation between residential and commercial - in these cases, I presume these are not residential. Thanks for the help, Phil

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Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

LEEDuser Expert

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Thu, 05/09/2013 - 16:02

Phillip, this sounds to me like a LEED-NC project. It's not residential, and it's not Healthcare, so there really aren't other options. It seems similar to a hotel, which is generally considered commercial for LEED purposes.

Simon Sue

SL+A INTERNATIONAL ASIA INC.

LEEDuser Premium Member

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Mon, 09/16/2013 - 03:26

Hi Tristan, A few people have (more recently) posted a similar question - the same question we have - in the case of a hotel that is broken into multiple buildings (ie one main high rise building surrounded by individual hotel villas -without kitchens-) is this considered NC or LEED for Homes? And can this type of project pursue a group certification? These projects are often outside of the US where LEED for Homes is more challenging to achieve... Any advice would be appreciated!