If a new home is being built on a rural lot and the adjacent lots have houses on them but they are not near the new home being built, can the project still take credit for infill? How much space or distance can there be between houses and still get the infill credit. How far off the edge can a new building be and still qualify as edge development?
LL 3.1 and 3.2 reward homes for being located next to adjacent development. For these credits, the land immediately bordering the home lot must be developed. No credit may be awarded if the parcel immediately bordering the LEED home has development on it but that development is far away from the border.As per the Rating System glossary, previously developed land is defined as "having pre-existing paving, construction, or significantly altered landscapes. This does not apply to altered landscapes resulting from agricultural use, forestry use, or use as preserved natural area." In other words, the distance should basically be zero between the edge of the lot and the previous development that is adjacent. To be clear, this doesn\'t mean that the neighboring building must be right up against the lot. In rural situations, though, this does mean that if the building lot is adjacent to a large tract of open space that happens to have home on it somewhere, the project shouldn\'t get credit for infill or edge development.