Be as specific as you can. For example: “We have provided X number of VAV boxes, giving you the ability to control your individual spaces if you are interested in pursuing LEED-CI IEQc6.2: Controllability of Systems—Thermal Comfort.”

Start developing the tenant guidelines by providing an outline of materials and systems essential to the sustainability of your CS building. Details of energy and water savings and exact products used can be filled in once they are finalized. Many projects choose to structure their guidelines in a credit-by-credit list. 

Consider including a section in your tenant guidelines that discusses sustainable operations and maintenance, and encourages the entire building to pursue LEED-EBOM. This is more likely for single-tenant buildings. 

If you require tenants to purchase specific materials and systems, or to meet certain performance standards, you may achieve better environmental performance, but may also narrow your selection of tenants.

Providing tenants with submetering capability and making them responsible for their own energy use can help to lower the building’s energy consumption as well as assist tenants in earning LEED-CI certification. Doing so also, contributes to earning EAc5.2 for your LEED-CS certification. 

You may find that, in order to attain LEED-CS certification, you must require tenants to meet certain performance or prescriptive requirements, such as energy and ventilation requirements, installation of walk-off mats, or refrigerant charge specifications. You might want to include the required measures in the tenant guidelines and the lease agreement, along with suggested recommendations. Doing this is not required for complying with SSc9, but may be necessary for other credits where the requirements cannot be fulfilled with the core-and-shell project alone.

When several contractors are engaged simultaneously in various components of the comprehensive plan, the staff member responsible for plan oversight should review all proposed activities before implementation to ensure an effective and coordinated effort.

Your aim is to help tenants fully understand the core-and-shell building systems and design, as well as how they can benefit from and contribute to sustainability within the building through achievement of LEED-CI. Some project teams share all cut sheets and product data used on the core-and-shell building as a way to encourage the use of the same or similar materials and systems within tenant spaces. Others require (in tenant guidelines and lease agreements) specific materials and systems that mirror relevant LEED requirements.

Projects are required within their guidelines to provide information on the following LEED-CI requirements, where applicable: 

Include information on LEED-CI and how the core-and-shell portion of the building can contribute to the achievement of LEED-CI, as well as how a tenant could incorporate core-and-shell items (such as base mechanical equipment, water fixtures, and submetering) into a CI project. This portion of the guidelines usually comprises the bulk of them and provides tenants with educational information, recommendations for meeting LEED-CI, strategies for sustainability measures, product information, and helpful contacts. It is also helpful to include a LEED-CI scorecard with notes.