LEED for Retail CI and NC CIR Batch 9/13/06
SSc4.1:
Alternative
Transportation Public
Transportation
Access
Clarification is needed as to
whether private shuttle service
available on request for hire
is acceptable to meet the credit.
SSc4.2
Alternative
Transportation,
Bicycle Storage
and Changing
Rooms
Should retail projects be
required to provide showers for
staff? Should they be required
to provide bicycle storage for
customers/visitors?
SSc2 –
Development
Density and
Community
Connectivity
When evaluating whether a
project meets the Community
Connectivity requirements, can
we consider our own building
as 1 of the 10 basic services
The proposed actions are not sufficient for LEED credit, but
there is opportunity to create an acceptable solution. As a
destination/resort type building, it is expected that staff will
be present, yet there is no mention of mass transit available
for these workers. According to SS Credit 4.1 CIR submitted
1/8/2003 (2/4/2003 ruling), LEED will accept the
establishment of a permanent private shuttle service to
connect the buildings(s) and the
bus routes to achieve this credit. If a shuttle is used, provide
information on the distance to bus routes and to building(s),
schedule and frequency of operation, and shuttle capacity.
Schedule and frequency must be adequate to service
employee rider-ship during standard commuting times for all
shifts, as well as periodic service at other times that can
certainly be fulfilled via the dial-a-ride service you are
establishing for the guests. Also reference the credit ruling
dated 9/20/2002
Retail projects must provide showers for employees and that
they must provide bike storage for both employees and
customers.
The intent of this credit is to connect to an already existing
community and the services offered there, but the TAG
agreed that it is acceptable to allow a limited number of
services that are anticipated to be built in the near future to
count towards this credit.
within the ½ mile? Also, can
we consider services that are
being constructed in the same
retail center but may not be
completed by the time the
certification application is
made?
WEc1 - Water
Efficient
Landscaping
MRc6 Rapidly
Renewable
Materials and
EQc4.4 LowEmitting
Materials,
Composite
Wood and
Agrifiber
Products
The project team would like to
know what constitutes the
baseline for this credit. As the
codes in the area are already so
strict they are not capable of
reducing the water use by
50%
Specifically, no more than 2 of the 10 services required may
be anticipated (at least 8 must be existing and operational).
In addition, the anticipated services must be documented by
lease agreements or other appropriate documentation to
demonstrate that these other services will be operational in
the locations indicated within one year of occupation of the
applicant’s project.
While these areas have a code required minimum level of
landscaping, it would seem reasonable that the baseline is
NOT based on the code requirement but rather based on
what has conventionally been done prior to the institution of
that code. This would then be using a baseline more
reflective of what other projects have used, and as such, not
penalizing the project.
Furniture can be included, if included across all the MR
credits.
Does Furniture, Finishes and
Equipment (FFE) need to be
included in these credits?
GBS reports that a recent bank project did meet this
requirement by providing task lighting at each teller station.
The committee upholds the current requirement that
lighting and comfort controls are required for 90% of
stationary employees to achieve the
credit. For non-stationary employees (i.e. more than 1 person
behind a counter but on the move), committee members
suggested that there could be some other standard of meeting
the intent of the credit and some research may be needed.
The Seattle Lighting Lab may be able to provide some
guidance of acceptable ways of adjusting lighting controls.
EQc6.1 –
Controllability
of Systems –
Thermal
Comfort
If the transaction counter is in
or on the retail sales floor, is it
required to meet these
requirements or is it exempt?
Specifically, we have a branch
bank and wonder if the teller
lines would require individual
comfort controls for each
teller?
Past Project CIR:
6/12/2006 The LEED controllability credits (EQc6.1 and
6.2) are based on the number of "workstation locations
intended for individual use". Our project is a grocery store
and the owner is considering providing a higher level of
lighting and temperature controls than is typical, in order to
increase the comfort of individual occupants. We would like
clarification on which areas should be counted as a
"workstation" in a grocery store setting in order to obtain the
LEED controllability credits. For our project, we believe
that all cash registers should be counted as workstations
since individual occupants will remain at these areas for
extended periods of time. Our project also has a "wine
expert" counter and "event planning" counter. These two
spaces will also have individual occupants in the same small
area for extended periods of time, so we believe these two
areas are workstations. We believe the food prep areas (deli,
bakery, meat department, produce workroom, etc.) should be
treated as shared multi-occupant spaces by LEED. There
shouldn't be any workstations counted in these spaces. In
these spaces, there are several employees that all share
several different stations (i.e. in the deli there will be
multiple employees that shuffle back and forth between the
same counter and meat slicer). We also do not believe there
are any areas in the aisles that should count as
workstations. These also seem to be shared multi-occupant
type spaces. There are also several back of house offices, and
it seems fairly obvious which areas qualify as workstations
in these spaces. If we count the cash registers, wine expert
and event planning counter as workstations, and treat the
food prep areas and aisles as shared multioccupant
spaces in our LEED controllability calculations, could we be
eligible for the controllability credits? Or are there other
spaces in a grocery store setting that should be
counted as workstations?
TAG Ruling:
The proposed strategy is a very reasonable method for
demonstrating credit compliance,
and thus acceptable
EQc7.2 Thermal
Comfort,
Monitoring
Following the LEED-NC v2.2
compliance path to create a
survey, do retail projects need
to develop surveys for both
employees and customers?
As part of the discussion, the USGBC staff clarified that the
thermal comfort under this credit is for work areas. There
was consensus that surveys are required for employees and
that it is recommended that surveys are developed for
customers.