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CI-2009 SSc3.2: Alternative Transportation—Bicycle Storage and Changing Rooms
We are doing a project where the base building has enough bicycle places for the whole building occupants to use, but no bicycle places can be specifically reserved for any tenant. Is there a applicable alternative compliance approach?
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Does LEED have any requirements on spacing or the type of bike racks used? What about security?
Are there specific requirements for the changing rooms, such as size?
Do bike racks have to be within the LEED project boundary?
Is a general storage room that is accessible to residents acceptable for covered bike storage?
Do I round up or down? What if the calculations show that I need 0.5 showers?
Emily Catacchio
Sustainability SpecialistWight and Company
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June 6, 2012 - 8:34 pm
I imagine you will need to prove that there are enough to accomodate the entire building. This way you would be able to argue that even though they aren't assigned, your tenants will always have ones to use. There's some information on this under the Checklists tab above.
Gail von Staden
Principalvon Staden Architects
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March 11, 2013 - 3:21 pm
Emily, my project faces the same dilemma as Ruifei above.
What do you recommend is the best way to illustrate that there are enough bike racks to accommodate the entire building?
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11478 thumbs up
March 11, 2013 - 3:31 pm
Basically, you would run the credit calculations but for the whole building. Do your best to get occupancy numbers from building management, or estimate if needed.
Brightworks Sustainability
Brightworks Sustainability LLC47 thumbs up
March 17, 2016 - 4:54 pm
Do you base calculations on 5% of the FTE per LEED-CI requirements or 3% of the FTE based on core and shell requirements if you have to use default occupancy values?