Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction

Rating System Version

v3 - LEED 2009, v2 - LEED 2.2

Inquiry

This CIR is not for an I.D. credit, but for an Administrative CIR. We are developing a mixed use building New York City consisting of a residential tower above core & shell retail spaces. The retail spaces will be fit-out by tenants after the completion of construction. We are fitting-out well over 50% of the building\'s square footage and will be seeking a LEED-NC rating. The design and construction of our building will ensure that the future fit-out spaces ARE ABLE to meet LEED prerequisites and requirements for the credits we are pursuing and ARE REQUIRED to be designed so as not to degrade the LEED status of the original LEED-NC project. We propose to exclude any interior build-out work from the LEED but provide tenant fit-out guidelines for the project submission (per administrative CIR 9/17/04). Further, we are not relying on any future tenant design and construction activities to earn the credits included the original LEED-NC project. Our question concerns what our tenant guidelines must REQUIRE (through binding contract) from our first and all future tenants in fitting-out their spaces. We understand from previous CIRs that requiring compliance with all prerequisites and credits pursued by the original LEED-NC project will earn an I.D. credit, but we are unclear about what is required if the I.D. credit is not pursued. Please confirm which, if any, of the following measures must be required (as opposed to being encouraged through the tenant guidelines): a) The future tenant fit-out spaces must achieve all seven LEED-NC prerequisites; b) The future tenant fit-out spaces must meet the forthcoming LEED criteria for earning 2 points under Optimize Energy Performance; c) The future tenant fit-out spaces must ONLY achieve those LEED-NC prerequisites that directly affect the performance of the original LEED-NC project (e.g. complying with EQp2 if air systems are shared, spaces are connected, etc.); d) The future tenant fit-out spaces must achieve all LEED credits that directly affect the performance of the original LEED-NC project (e.g. complying with EQc4 if air systems are shared, etc.). Thank you for your consideration.