Yes. See the Tenant Space Exclusion Allowance section of the Reference Guide (within the Maintaining Consistency in the Application section) for additional details.
No, square footage values do not need to be collected for Option 1. The percentage of compliant individual occupant spaces is based on number of spaces, not floor area. For shared multi-occupant spaces, 100% of spaces must comply, and the credit form confirms this using number of spaces as well.
A dimmer switch automatically meets this requirement. Otherwise, compliance could be demonstrated through calculations of the mid-level based on the installed wattage or lumens of the fixtures. Alternatively, the mid-level requirements could be demonstrated through measured light levels in the space.
USGBC has not developed an IEQ space matrix for v4 projects. Instead, this information is included in the Indoor Environmental Quality Overview section of the LEED O+M v4 Reference Guide.
[bg-slideshow]All the way back in 1993, one of my first research projects at the NAHB Research Center—now Home Innovation Research Labs—was assessing the performance of radiant ceiling panels for the Department of Energy’s Advanced Housing Technology Program. (The final report was titled “An Evaluation of Thermal Comfort and Energy Consumption for the Enerjoy Radiant Panel Heating System.”)
Per LEED Interpretation ID# 5370 (link: https://www.usgbc.org/content/li-5370/), a project with no onsite parking facilities, and that does not lease or own offsite parking facilities for use by the building’s occupants, may be eligible for one point under Option B of this credit.
The project team must provide evidence of this fact, including a detailed description of the method used to confirm it.
No man is an island, and neither is a building.
And yet there is increasing movement for buildings to reach net-zero energy (NZE) or net-zero carbon (NZC). Architecture 2030 wants all buildings there by 2030. Many in the LEED community want this as a requirement for achieving LEED Platinum today. And California has stated it as a goal for all residential and commercial buildings by 2020 and 2030, respectively.
No man is an island, and neither is a building.
And yet there is increasing movement for buildings to reach net-zero energy (NZE) or net-zero carbon (NZC). Architecture 2030 wants all buildings there by 2030. Many in the LEED community want this as a requirement for achieving LEED Platinum today. And California has stated it as a goal for all residential and commercial buildings by 2020 and 2030, respectively.
Details on what's required to achieve this pilot credit, and a worksheet for documenting the necessary data.