Rating System

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

Rating System Version

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

Inquiry

Our project is being considered for re-registration from LEED-CS v2.0 to LEED-NC v2.2. The building is 65,762 GSF with 48,664 SF of total leasable space. 25,997 SF (53%) of the building has been leased, designed, and under construction. However, the remaining 22,667 SF (47%) is unleased shell space. The unleased shell space is outside of the project scope and there is no design currently underway for this to complete work in this area. In order to pursue EA Credit 1 (Optimize Energy Performance), our engineers would like guidance on how to create their energy model based on our building situation of 53%-to-47% leased vs. shell spaces. It is their intention to model the unleased shell space as if the space were "upfit" to the same standard as the leased portion of the building. This standard would be described in a tenant improvement guidelines provided to future tenants. Please verify this method is acceptable or provide an alternate method for energy modeling.