Project Boundary for Shared Parking

yanghee pierce

LEEDuser Basic Member

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February 16, 2014

I am working on a new construction of a hospital building on a site where a new MOB and a shared parking garage will be also constructed. The owner is pursuing LEED certification for the hospital but not for MOB. Regarding to the project boundary, I assume the MOB will be excluded from the LEED project area since the MOB is not in part of the LEED project scope. How about shared parking lots and shared parking garage? Do I include 100% of the parking spaces to the project boundary? The surface parking lots and the parking garage will be used by the building users from both buildings. Any information you can provide me would be greatly appreciated

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Susan Walter

HDR

LEEDuser Expert

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Mon, 02/17/2014 - 19:55

How is the project phased? How is the land development happening? If all this work was happening around the same time, I would probably have a campus approach to the site. This would mean I may have to figure and proportion things like parking between the two buildings but I'd want to get the land piece done properly for the LEED project. It would also avoid the gerrymandering problems. Develop what you think is a reasonable approach and reach out to your review team.

yanghee pierce

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Fri, 02/21/2014 - 23:45

Thank you, Susan. Your advice definitely helped me set the project boundary. About MPR 3, LEED doesn’t say the project shall include non-certifying building within the project boundary in all relevant submittals. Instead, it says, “…the project team can include…” Does this mean a parking garage can be excluded from MR and IEQ credits? What happens with EA p1 Energy Performance? I really appreciate your help.

Susan Walter

HDR

LEEDuser Expert

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Mon, 02/24/2014 - 13:59

YP This is posted in the CI forum and most of my work is in NC and HC; caveat emptor! In the Bird's Eye above, they discuss the construction scope. Is the parking garage part of the same construction project and budget as the LEED building? You're in a gray area and at some point you have to make the call. Bear in mind that parking garages can't be LEED certified on their own. Including the garage will muddy up the IEQ and EA credit calculations.

Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

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Mon, 02/24/2014 - 14:58

To clarify, this just looks like the CI forum but it is the same forum for all v2009 rating systems for MPRs. Which seems to be more confusing than anything, so maybe I will undo that.But YP, if the parking garage is in your boundary and in your construction scope you have to include it in all applicable credits, including SS, MR, and to the extent that it is consuming energy, EA.