Hello,
Our project is a greenfield site (agricultural land) in a sub-urban area, we have a building footprint taking ~all the site, so we didn’t protect any land on site but we didn’t disturb the undeveloped areas around the site. Can we obtain the credit in this case? Is there a requirement of protecting a minimum of the project site area under the Greenfield site case?
Thank you
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11478 thumbs up
November 4, 2013 - 9:06 am
Omar, if it is a greenfield site, then you need to follow Case 1 requirements. See the details of those requirements in the credit language above.I am not sure of your specific questions, so I would suggest reviewing that language and then posting back here with follow up.
Maya Karkour
EcoConsulting872 thumbs up
November 4, 2013 - 9:35 am
Thank you Tristan and Apologies for the confusion.
As per SSc5.1 (OPTION 1), projects on Greenfield sites must limit disturbances to 40 feet beyond building footprint.
The building footprint I'm assessing occupies more than 95% of the plot area, meaning that the public street is a couple of feet away from the proposed building (~10 feet only).
I'm assuming, for the sake of this credit, that we can disturb the whole plot, since any point inside the LEED project boundary would still be within 40 feet from the building perimeter. Can you please confirm?
Thanks
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11478 thumbs up
November 4, 2013 - 9:58 am
If the street is on all 4 sides, then yes, it sounds like that's the case.
Maya Karkour
EcoConsulting872 thumbs up
November 4, 2013 - 10:09 am
Thank you Tristan,
The street is on 3 sides. On the 4th side, it is an undeveloped land (outside the LEED project boundary) which will remain untouched by the site activities.