Begin by evaluating opportunities for minimizing your equipment use, replacing conventional equipment with lower-impact alternatives, and choosing equipment designed to minimize or recycle waste.
Plan on using environmentally preferred practices to a significant degree over the performance period. The credit language does not exactly define this, but the LEED Reference Guide suggests that following environmental best practices 20% of the time is appropriate.
Run calculations to confirm that at least 50% of your project’s hardscape meets the credit criteria or that at least 50% of your parking is located under cover.
Project teams may be able to approximate the shaded areas using existing site plans, or they may consult with a landscape architect to determine the area shaded by trees and other landscape features.