Multiple Buildings Connected - Campus Approach vs Standard Approach
I am seeking clarification on whether to submit a project with multiple buildings as a campus or standard project. The project is a large approximately 500,000 sf Health Care Facility with a 20,000 sf Central Utility Plant and a Multi-level Parking Structure. The Health Care Facility is connected to the Central Utility Plant by means of an underground tunnel, and connected to the parking structure via an elevated bridge. The Central Utility Plant has a boiler, chiller, electrical rooms, generator room, control room, fire pump room, HVAC shop, pipe shop, tool shop, carpentry shop, electrical shop, IT/comm room, janitors room, storage room, two offices, break room, and men’s / women’s locker rooms (with toilet and shower). The parking structure has a men’s / women’s locker rooms (with toilet and shower).
Because the Health Care Facility is physically connected to the Central Utility Plant and the Parking Structure it is my understanding that this project can be submitted as a standard project as if it was one building. Therefore all credits would apply to the three buildings in aggregate and not independently. Please confirm that my understanding is correct.
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LEED 2009 AGMBC
USGBC has just released complete multiple buildings and campus guidance for LEED 2009 projects. More detail is on LEEDuser's AGMBC page.
NC v2.2 AGMBC
We have a three building military project under a single application, seeking a one rating. This is allowed according to the 2005 AGMBC. We need clarification if the buildings are allowed to achieve credits independantly. For instance, can one building be granted the daylighting credit if the other two do not qualify?
The AGMBC refers to aggregating and averaging for some credits, and states that each building must meet requirements independanlty for others (such as EQc8.1).
Any guidance would be appreciated.
Mike, I don't understand how it would be possible to earn one rating for all three buildings, while at the same time earning a credit in one building but not the other. It seems like you'd have to be earning separate ratings in order to do that.
one project?
Would you say that the utility plant is most accurate described as its own building, with its own name, address, and mechanical systems, or is it really an attachement of the main building you want to certify?
I would say the parking structure should be included in your main LEED certification, but I"m not as sure about the plant.
The utility plpant does NOT have its own address. It provides power/HVAC only to the hospital, the parking structure (for lighting and hot water to showers) and itself (power/HVAC to the spaces listed above. Their common walls are the tunnel (CUP to the hospital) and the pedestrian bridge (parking structure to the hospital. We feel they should be treated as one building and one registration/certification but would like your undersanding of the campus guidlelines in this instance. thank you for your help.
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