Action Steps

If you have not sent out the initial survey yet, try to distribute it early in the performance period to give yourself enough time to implement changes to your commuting program if you’re not happy with the survey results.

If you conducted the initial survey within two years of the end of your LEED performance period and you’re happy with those results, you can document them now. If you’ve been implementing changes to your commuting incentive program, you can reassess the commuting levels by conducting another survey at any time within the two-year period preceding the end of the performance period.

Gather documentation, including a summary of commuting data for your building and a certificate of program completion that can be used for the LEED application.

If you use one of these programs, you must be able to describe the program comprehensively and demonstrate the technical soundness of the data collection procedures and analysis methodology used to determine performance rates. LEED allows you to provide technical data and promotional materials produced by the program for this purpose.

Participate in a local or regional commute-reduction program that uses data collection and analysis procedures other than those specified by SCAQMD.

Gather documentation, including a summary of commuting data for your building and a certificate of program completion, which can be used for the LEED application.

Participate in a formal local or regional commute-reduction program that meets SCAQMD data collection and analysis procedures.

Base your occupant commuting survey on the survey methodology and data collection procedures of SCAQMD Rule 2202.

There are up to four steps involved in documenting your project’s alternative commuting using an occupant commute survey:

Use Option 3 when there is no available SCAQMD-compliant commute-reduction program. Most project teams that attempt this credit use Option 3.