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LEED v2009
Healthcare
Sustainable Sites
Alternative transportation - bicycle storage and changing rooms

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Healthcare-v2009 SSc4.2: Alternative transportation - bicycle storage and changing rooms 1 point

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Case 1: Commercial or institutional projects
Provide secure bicycle racks and/or storage within 200 yards (200 meters) of a building entrance for 5% or more of all Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff (measured at peak periods) Provide showers and changing facilities in the building, or within 200 yards (200 meters) of a primary staff building entrance, for 0.5% of FTE staff (measured at peak periods).
Case 2: Residential projects
For residential buildings, provide covered storage facilities for securing bicycles for 15% or more of building occupants, in lieu of changing/shower facilities.
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Achievement of this credit can be documented via a LEED ND v2009 submittal. For more information check out this article.
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Addenda

7/1/2012
LEED Interpretation
Inquiry:

May a mixed-use project where 90% or more of the gross floor area is comprised of residential spaces be exempted from the shower and changing area requirements of SSc4.2 since most of the occupants would be residents and would have showers in their units?

Ruling:

If the total nonresidential square footage of a mixed-use building is less than 10% and no greater than 5,000 square feet, it is acceptable for the nonresidential use to be excluded from the shower requirements for SSc4.2: Bicycle Storage and Changing Rooms. However, each use component of the building must still comply with the bicycle storage requirements of this credit.

Campus Applicable
No
Internationally Applicable:
No
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Requirements

Case 1: Commercial or institutional projects
Provide secure bicycle racks and/or storage within 200 yards (200 meters) of a building entrance for 5% or more of all Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff (measured at peak periods) Provide showers and changing facilities in the building, or within 200 yards (200 meters) of a primary staff building entrance, for 0.5% of FTE staff (measured at peak periods).
Case 2: Residential projects
For residential buildings, provide covered storage facilities for securing bicycles for 15% or more of building occupants, in lieu of changing/shower facilities.
Streamlined path available
Achievement of this credit can be documented via a LEED ND v2009 submittal. For more information check out this article.

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