We have an inn that is seeking LEED certification. Our innkeeper lives in the building. Because we are in the center of a small town, we walk to the post office, bank and grocery store. We are also on an 11 mile bike path so we can ride a bike to the same destinations. We, the owners also work at the inn and the two of us carpool together in a hybrid Prius. What Option would you choose of the three and do you have any other recommendations? Also, 99% our guests all car pool because they practically always come as couples. We offer an incentive of 15% off the room rate if four or more commute to the inn together. We, the owners also live in the building 60% of the year. Our policy for shopping is to take one trip per week and do all the shopping along the way instead of multiple trips.
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Dan Ackerstein
PrincipalAckerstein Sustainability, LLC
LEEDuser Expert
819 thumbs up
March 28, 2011 - 10:21 pm
Nana, I think you've got a fine little Credit Interpretation Request on your hands. I think there's a reasonable argument for either including or excluding your guests (the latter seems clearly to be an option, but I'm not certain the former is), and there are a variety of ways one might wrestle with people who live AND work in the same place. For example, one might argue that the innkeeper (and the owners, at least during the 60% of the year they live on-site), doesn't have a commute at all, which is not necessarily the same as using alternative transportation to commute!
It's a real curveball - the CIR process is perfect for this.
Dan