Within my LEED boundary are two buildings, One is a LEED building, the other is not .... these buildings are as follows: a) An electrical Building ( A substation within the electrical building) - NON LEED Building b) A commercial building - LEED Building Now, my commercial building is a LEED building - My question to you is .. Do I have to take into account or calculate all the regional materials that went into the electrical building (Non leed building) given that it falls within the LEED boundary ......??? Thank you

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Jon Clifford

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Mon, 08/25/2014 - 18:07

As Kimberly noted in response to the PIf2 post (https://www.leeduser.com/credit/NC-2009/PIf2#comment-51027), “If the service buildings are in your LEED boundary, you do need to include the materials for constructing them in your MR calcs - just like it's an extension of your main building.” If the electrical building is being built as part of your LEED project, you must include it in MR credit tallies, including MRc5 regional materials. You must include all energy loads, costs, materials, and activities within the LEED boundary consistently for all credits & prerequisites. See LEED 2009 Minimum Project Requirements (MPR), particularly MPR3, to determine the appropriate LEED project boundary. See page 26 of the MPR Supplemental Guidance for specific instructions concerning Non-LEED-Certifiable Buildings within the LEED project boundary: http://www.usgbc.org/resources/leed-2009-mpr-supplemental-guidance-revision-2-september-2011

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