In our architectural office building, one of four perimeter open office spaces is designed to be leased. We have not included artificial lighting or lighting controls. Can we exclude that office space for this credit, or must we provide lighting controls as if for perimeter open office space, to be wired to a future lessee\'s own light fixtures? For all other credits and our total building occupant load, we are counting the occupancy of this lease space the same as our other three open office architecture studios, since it will ultimately be occupied for that purpose as our office staff grows, at 100 s.f. per occupant. This is local code for general offices, so occupant load would be the same. Is this acceptable?
The project has a perimeter open office space that will be leased, and is inquiring if that space can be excluded from the calculations for this credit as the lighting systems will be installed by future tenants. The leased open office space as described is similar in nature to partial shell and core buildings previously addressed in the Administrative Inquiries CIRs ruling dated 2/22/2005, 10/4/2004, 5/24/2004, and 5/17/2002. For projects like this one, tenant fit-out guidelines would need to be in place to insure that the future build-out of this space will also meet the LEED prerequisites and requirements for the credits pursued. While the space can be excluded from this credit\'s calculations, the proposed approach of assuming the same occupant density (based on the other office spaces) would be acceptable for this space and should be used for all other relevant credits. Applicable Internationally.