By simply providing no additional parking, you can earn this credit. However, the building owner will have to sign off on the LEED Online credit form verifying that this is accurate.
Confirm that your chosen compliance path is the most appropriate for your project, and make any changes now. Following a review with the design team and owner, ensure that everyone is on board with contracting an energy modeler for Option 1 or meeting all the prescriptive requirements under Options 2 or 3.
Consider a broad range of energy-efficiency strategies and tools, including passive solar, daylighting, cooling-load reduction, and natural ventilation to reduce heating and cooling loads.
If a minimum local zoning requirement exists, plan to not exceed the specified minimum parking capacity and provide 5% of the total parking capacity as preferred parking for carpools and vanpools.
If you will be adding parking spaces, determine if your site has local zoning requirements for minimum parking capacity. This will guide you as to whether you will follow Option 1 (to not exceed local zoning) or Option 3 (for projects with no local zoning minimum).