I'm a team member of several LEED projects outside of U.S., in Africa & Middle-Est.
My opinion of this aditional criteria is that it will force LEED team members to not try to satisfy the requirement of this credit because in major region of the world there are no bicycle networks. So it will be harder to convince owner that even if he gets no point in LEED certification it is a good thing to provide bike racks and changing rooms. Actually instead of providing a chance to use bikes instead of cars, there will be no alternative in those projects.
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Michael Smithing
Director - Green Building AdvisoryColliers International Ltd.
304 thumbs up
October 17, 2012 - 10:21 am
The "key" is in the definition of a bicycle network. I just checked the 5th draft (CI) and didn't find the glossary that was in the 2nd draft. That definition included residential streets designed for a target speed of 25 mph (40 km/hr) or slower and commercial or mixed-use streets designed for a target speed of 30 mph (48 km/hr) or slower.
If they interpret 30 mph to be equal to 50 km/hr, then you might find this easier to comply with than you think.
Saliha AIT
LEED AP BD+COGER INTERNATIONAL
5 thumbs up
October 18, 2012 - 4:18 am
Michael ,
thank you for the specification. It would be more sensible with this definition of a bicycle network.
Ann Lubbers
November 26, 2013 - 1:42 pm
Does anyone know if the definition of bicycle network adopted in v4 includes residential streets designed for a target speed of 25 mph or slower and commercial or mixed-use streets designed for a target speed of 30 mph or slower?