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Is my site previously developed?

What exactly does LEED mean by residential neighborhood or area?

Only a portion of my complying residential development lies within the ½-mile radius. Will this suffice for credit compliance?

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Is one building or residential area enough to satisfy the residential density requirement?

My project has access to services that seem to be basic, but are not listed in the LEED Reference Guide—like insurance company, nail salon, auto repair shop. Will these count?

My project is on a base or campus where some services are available to the population of the project, but not the general public. Do these count?

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NC-2009 SSc2:Development Density and Community Connectivity

can hotels be included as 10 unit per acre requirement

Rob Hink

Principal, LEED Faculty

The Spinnaker Group

LEEDuser Basic Member

49 thumbs up

January 11, 2016

I'm working on a very suburban site and was wondering if I can include a hotel as part of the minimum 10 unit per acre requirement?

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Marilyn Specht

Senior Principal | Director of Sustainability Integration

SmithGroup

LEEDuser Expert

43 thumbs up

Tue, 01/12/2016 - 19:22

Hi Robert, I don't know for sure but my gut says hotels cannot count. If you reference the definition of "residential area" at the end of the SSc2 section in the reference guide, it mentions single family, multifamily homes, townhomes, apartments, duplexes, condos, or mobile homes. The interpretation of the credit is also to encourage development in urban areas so it sounds like your project might not meet this credit.

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