Hey,
In a Core Shell buidling (offices and retail), the owner would like to earn point with the credit Indoor Water Use Reduction but the fixtures are not in his scope of work, it will be installed by the tenant.
He is wondering if he could only have some of his tenants to sign a binding tenant agreement. Consequently, some surfaces would be considered on the baseline with no water reduction, and some other surfaces would have fixtures with greater reduction than 20%. Would that be ok ? If yes, should we have everything in one Indoor Water Use Reduction Calculator or have 2 of them ?
I have an other question: do we absolutly have to have the binding lease sign by both owner and tenant ? It is indeed possible that some of the surfaces won't be lease before the construction site is done. Would an owner commitment to make is tenant sign a binding lease acceptable ?
Thanks in advanced
While this approach sounds logical and fair, since it deviates from both allowed scenarios as written in the Reference Guide, you would definitely need to reach out to LEED Coach / GBCI for clarification before assuming it would be an accepted approach. If you do ask about it, please report back. This is an interesting question. Anyone else?