CS 2009 SSc5.1: Site Development—Protect or Restore Habitat

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Xavi B Aug 02 2010

Buildings to be built in stages

For this credit and 5.2 Maximize Open Space.
If I have a site in which 3 buildings are going to be built in three different stages and only the first one will be built at the moment and will be the only one pursuing certification. Should I take into account the overall site area or just the part of the site intended for the first building only. Certification will be under CS 2.0. The question is if I can take advantage of the extra open space I would have by taking into account the others undeveloped sites of the remaining buildings.

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Tristan Roberts replied Editor – LEEDuser, BuildingGreen, LLC Aug 04 2010

If you count that open space now with this buildng, you can't count it again with the future builldings for the purpose of SSc5 compliance. Ideally you could divide the space up evenly so that each building is able to comply, or if that is not possible, divide so that at least one or two complies.

Xavi B replied Aug 05 2010

Thanks a lot. Make sense.

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