Non-certified buildings in LEED boundary

chila chila

LEEDuser Basic Member

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January 19, 2021

Hi everyone,

The project area has two main buildings: a new construction building (office) and a renovation of an existing building (gym), that is not planned for LEED certification. Just the new building will apply for LEED v 4 - NC certification. They are totally separate buildings in terms of air-conditioning and water systems but share the same landscape and parking lot. The excavation and demolition activities will involve the entire area at the same time; after that the new construction and the associated shared parking will be constructed, then the renovation will take place.

It is not clear to us how to determine the LEED boundary. Should it include the other building outside the LEED project scope or not? If not, how should the landscape area be divided?

Thanks!

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Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

LEEDuser Expert

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Fri, 01/29/2021 - 15:07

The LEED boundary can have exclusions inside of it (like a donut hole) so you can exclude the non-LEED building. What to do with the site is a judgement call. Do it in a way that is fair to the LEED building while not giving it site area more associated with the other building that would be beneficial in terms of site credit calculations.

Virginia Vance

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Wed, 02/03/2021 - 19:59

Hey, what did you decide to do in the end?

Antti Karppinen

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Tue, 02/22/2022 - 10:58

Hi! I have a similar case with a LEED project and I'm interested, how you decided the LEED boundary. I would have quessed that the whole area and both buildings should be included in the LEED area, but the gym just wouldn't be certified. So the gym building would be included in building footprint area in Sustainable Site credits - this way there is no unfair advantage gained when calculating e.g. open space.