I have seen this question asked but not answered. We have a client who will renovate three floors of an office building; typical CI project. The issue is that they will do floors 7, 17, 18. floors 8-16 are occupied by someone else and have no relation to our client. Can this be one CI project or two (7 + 17-18)?
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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November 16, 2018 - 6:45 am
This is addressed on page 20 of the MPR supplemental guidance, and the answer is that it can be one project, under some conditions (which I'd suggest you review). That guidance is for LEED 2009 and not valid for LEED v4. However, there is no similar document relevant for LEED v4 (the requirements have been reorganized and simplified), and I would look to that document as a significant clue for how GBCI would view this. To be sure, it would be worth contacting GBCI to confirm your approach.
David Edenburn
ESD ConsultantRetired
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November 18, 2018 - 10:30 pm
Thank you. I had seen this for v2009, but v4 does not seem to have addressed this question. We will assume the guidance is the same until told otherwise.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11477 thumbs up
November 19, 2018 - 4:22 pm
I'd confirm with GBCI if I were you -- with such a big impact on the project if you were to make a choice that they did not end up supporting.
Brian Kish
Senior ArchitectAE7
March 31, 2020 - 5:11 pm
Did USGBC ever issue "SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE TO THE MINIMUM PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS" for v4? The only document I can find is the revision 2, for 2009.
https://www.usgbc.org/sites/default/files/Docs10131.pdf
I am trying to answer the same question that David has.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11477 thumbs up
April 1, 2020 - 10:35 am
They have not. Look at the reorganized and simplified guidance in the LEED v4 reference guide.
Brian Salazar
President, LEED AP, WELL APEntegra Development & Investment, LLC
56 thumbs up
October 23, 2020 - 11:36 am
Same question. I have 2 clients with the same issue.
A) In one instance, the client is in a LEED Certified hi rise building. They already occupy LEED Certified spaces on Floors 2-4. They are expanding to Floors 1 and 5 (my projects). Floors 2-4 are not in scope.
B) In another instance, the client is in a LEED platinum hi rise building. They are renovating and occupying floors 9, 10, 17 and 18. There are other non-related tenants between floors 11 and 16. All four of my tenant occupied floors will be fully renovated as part of this project scope.
Dave Hubka
Practice Leader - SustainabilityEUA
LEEDuser Expert
530 thumbs up
October 24, 2020 - 9:02 am
Scenario A = 1 LEED cert.
Scenario B = 1 LEED cert.
ONE scope of work, ONE design team, ONE construction team should dictate if it is ONE LEED application. Multiple floors or differant building areas should not dictate the number of LEED applications.
I have a few past CI projects that included several differant floors/areas and I have always submitted ONE application and achieved ONE certification.