How can we set the form to achieve the 5% of the total site area as described in the reference guide. Because in LEED online, it's the 25% path set as default.

The credit requires Native/Adaptive vegetation, and turf seems out of the question. However, what if we use a turf variety that is Native with an addition of Low-water too?

Page 36 of the Ref Guide, section 4, states that monoculture plantings (such as turf) cannot contibute to the credit requirements. I could interpret this 2 ways: a.

Does anyone know the basic market price/acre or price/credit for securing contracts on off-site land that meets the SSc5 requirements?

We are currently pursuing EBOM for a small campus of buildings and are interested in the off-site option and our company owns a large plot of land that will be redeveloped into a new building with

We have large area of natural landscape with vegetative and adapted vegetation in certain percent of it.

My company currently has an off-site preservation area that we already maintain for a previous project. My question is: to fulfill this credit do we have to have a NEW off-site area?

Are there any exceptions to the LPE for this credit? Specifically, could a Certified Arborist with ISA (International Society of Arboriculture) www.isa-arbor.com-be used in place of a RLA?

I have been wondering if land that is completely left alone, not watered, without any vegetation other than what one would find on cleared desert land, would count?