Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction

Rating System Version

v2 - LEED 2.0

Inquiry

Our building will occupy a city block in Atlanta\'s Midtown district, which is currently undergoing a mid- to high-rise construction boom. The credit requirement includes "desired density goal". Everything about this area - zoning, subway, expressway access, multi-use, pedestrian streetscape - makes it desirable for high density. However, due to parking lots in the immediate vicinity of the site and previous demolition, the density of the 8 block area around the project block was only 52,511 sq. ft./acre when the project was registered for LEED certification. Planned construction will result in a density of 100,983 sq. ft./acre within the same 8 block area by the time our project is completed in the summer of 2003. Also, we are defining our LEED project as the building plus approximately 26% of a parking deck (and of the landscaped area around it), with the parking deck located in a block diagonally across from the building. We want to limit the area under consideration for this credit to the 8 blocks around the main building, without expanding it around the parking deck appendix, as the area past the parking deck consists of a 14 lane interstate and, across the interstate, a lower density campus. Please confirm that the 8 block area and the use of the 100,983 sq. ft./acre figure are acceptable for claiming the credit.