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Invasive species removal service project

EBOM-2009 SSc5:Site Development—Protect or Restore Open Habitat
posted by  AtSite Inc  on 

We are thinking of organizing an annual service project to remove invasive species in a nearby park to comply with SSc5.

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Thu Dec 11, 2014, 5:02 pm

Offsite and Onsite Inquiry

EBOM-2009 SSc5:Site Development—Protect or Restore Open Habitat
posted by  Alfred Rosales  on 

Hi, Need your suggestion and expertise on this inquiry? We do have a land which we manage and maintain, this land is covered with native vegetation and is not within the project LEED boundary.

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Sun Jul 1, 2012, 9:46 pm

Retention pond

posted by  Joseph Bond  on 
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Tue Jul 13, 2010, 12:36 am

Is a wood deck part of the "building footprint"?

EBOM-2009 SSc5:Site Development—Protect or Restore Open Habitat
posted by  Chris Miller  on 

The deck is not under a roof overhang. It is raised above the ground a foot or so, and I believe there is grass underneath.

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 1:05 pm

Can we switch methods to achieve SSc5 after initial review?

EBOM-2009 SSc5:Site Development—Protect or Restore Open Habitat
posted by  Ryan Nelson  on 

We recently recieved our project review for a property. Initially, we attempted to claim a retention pond as an on-site protected land.

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Fri Oct 11, 2013, 6:30 am

Vertical Green Counts?

EBOM-2009 SSc5:Site Development—Protect or Restore Open Habitat
posted by  yu-ju Kao  on 

Does installing a vertical wall in building facade or interior contribute to this credit? I assume that doing so will also promoting biodiversity.

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Tue Mar 29, 2011, 12:23 pm

Open habitad - huge backyard

EBOM-2009 SSc5:Site Development—Protect or Restore Open Habitat
posted by  Andres Giraldo  on 

Hi, our project is classify as Industrial-manufacturing facility. I am wondering about the good and bad consequences of include the backyard in the project boundary.

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Tue Apr 15, 2014, 4:24 pm

Accounting for natural, undisturbed vegetation

EBOM-2009 SSc5:Site Development—Protect or Restore Open Habitat
posted by  Jonathon Bates  on 

We have a natural creek with undisturbed vegetation growing on both sides as part of our project boundary, and I was wondering if the calculation is the same for plantings on site?

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Thu Jun 21, 2012, 10:15 pm

Off-site area counted for two LEED projects

EBOM-2009 SSc5:Site Development—Protect or Restore Open Habitat
posted by  Anna Korinkova  on 

There are two buildings to be certified, the same Owner, located on the same campus.

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Fri Jun 11, 2010, 12:00 am