Basements and occupancy

Cara, does this mean that in case 1 above, we shuld exclude the parking from the calculations? Doing that we would have only 50,000 sqf office area, with a resulting 200 default occupancy.

That is how I would read the response from Cara Mae, yes.

hello I have a problem about the number of the bicycle storage. In our project, client give me the data of person number: 6m2/person(retail), I think it is the FTE, if every one stay 2 hour everyday, so the all building users should be 4 times about the FTE, but as the index of 6m2/person, two person can not stay in the same time, that is to say, when one person levave, another person can reach. so I think the bicycle storage should also use the FTE. If use all building users for the bicycle storage, bicycle storage will be given more than the fact several times. thanks

Is your project larger or smaller than 300,000 ft2? The credit requirements are a ittle different for each case.The requirements are clear that you must use FTE for showers and changing rooms, but number of building occupants for bicycle storage.I think you need to double-check your occupancy numbers. Those are very high compared to the default numbers given in the CS Appendix in the LEED Reference Guide. The Reference Guide also distinguishes between employees and transients.

"Projects which contain underground and/or structured parking, may exclude that area from the gross square footage used for the calculation."

Eric, it would be very helpful if you say what is the origin of this quote? Where to find this information?

I found it: in App 1 to LEED BD+C Ref.guide