We are certifying a new manufacturing building on an existing site that currently has a manufacturing building and a parking lot for the staging of tractor truck trailers. Construction of the new manufacturing new building required that the trailer parking lot be relocated to another part of the site. The trailer parking lot relocation was completed before breaking ground for the new building. Would it be appropriate to consider the relocation of this trailer storage parking lot a separate project and to draw our LEED project boundary for the new certified manufacturing building to exclude both the relocated trailer storage area parking lot and the existing manufacturing building? We would use this boundary consistently across all Sustainable Site credits. (SSc5, SSc6 and SSc7)
The project is seeking clarification on whether or not it can exclude a relocated trailer parking lot and existing building from the LEED project boundary of a new manufacturing building. The parking lot was relocated in order to accommodate the new building. Project teams can determine the LEED project boundary as appropriate for the project within the context of the construction limits and/or property boundaries. The existing building can therefore be left out of the LEED project boundary. If the parking lot is relocated to provide space for the new building, it would be considered within the scope of construction and should be included in the LEED project boundary. An exception would if the following conditions are met: 1. The original parking area was returned to its undeveloped condition (for portions outside of the LEED-applicant development footprint), 2. The relocated parking lot does not serve the LEED-applicant building, and 3. The relocated parking lot is not larger in area than the original parking lot. Applicable Internationally.