Rating System

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

Rating System Version

v2 - LEED 2.2, v2 - LEED 2.2, v3 - LEED 2009, v2 - Schools 2007, v3 - LEED 2009, v2 - LEED 2.0, v3 - LEED 2009

Inquiry

For credit 5.1 does land previously used for agricultural use qualify as "developed" under this credit?\nUnder SS105- Credit 5.2 Inquiry 1999.11.03-010 the committee ruled "as the landscape has been disturbed by agricultural use, the 50 foot restriction does not provide any site protection in this case...."\nA "Greenfield" in the LEED reference guide is defined as "undeveloped land or land that has not been impacted by human activity"\nAs curent agricultural practice requires extensive "human activity" is it not reasonable then to define agricultural land as "developed" and provide exclusion from the disturbance limitations?\nApplication of this credit assumes that a minimum of 50% of the land previously used for agricultural purposes is restored to native or adapted conditions.