Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction, LEED BD+C: Core and Shell, LEED ID+C: Retail

Rating System Version

v4 - LEED v4, v3 - LEED 2009, v2 - LEED 2.2, v2 - LEED 2.0

Inquiry

LEED Core and Shell projects are is allowed to show energy savings associated with tenant improvement measures if documented in the lease agreement. Can anchor tenant leases, were executed well before the start of design, also be used? As a result of timing issues, it is not always practical to include specific energy efficiency measures in the lease agreement. Many of our tenants, especially supermarkets and other anchors, are extremely interested in energy efficiency and include these measures in their build-outs. All of these measures are documented in the tenants' construction drawings, which are typically completed simultaneously with the core and shell drawings. We desire to be able to include tenant energy efficiency measures that are documented in the tenants' construction drawings in the LEED for Core and Shell energy model. We would argue that this approach has more certainty and credibility than measures documented in the lease agreement. We would be using measures in permitted, final construction drawings, not requirements that were agreed to during lease negotiations. Please confirm that the LEED for Core and Shell project can include energy efficiency measures documented in the tenant's final construction drawings as part of the LEED for Core-and-Shell energy model.