When calculating GFA, I assume you exclude the levels of the building dedicated to parking?
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CS-2009 SSc4.4: Alternative Transportation—Parking Capacity
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Jon Clifford
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July 21, 2015 - 8:27 pm
Gross floor area is not relevant to SSc4.4, but since you ask about parking garages, I can see why you posted on this forum. As defined by ASHRAE, GFA excludes parking. GFA is also the basis for the EAp2/EAc1 energy model (and for a slew of other credits) and is calculated once for a project and entered into Project Information Form 2 (see http://www.leeduser.com/credit/CS-2009/PIf2).
However, beware, according to the LEED Reference Guide, for EAc4 Green Energy, CS uses a different definition of gross square footage based on BOMA (see http://www.leeduser.com/credit/CS-2009/EAc6 for commentary).