I am in the process of certifying a CI space. Originally we were pursuing the credit for bicycle storage, however this was deemed infeasible when our request to dedicate bicycle ranks in a very large office space to our project space was denied. As a result for WEc1, we removed the showers associated with a gym in the building that bicyclers may use given that we were no longer claiming use of the facility for the LEED project space. However, our reviewer indicated we had to use the shower still because it could be used.
My question, is in accordance with the strict language of the credit, if the space does not claim use of a third-party shower (that we have no control of) for any purpose of this project, am I required to include it in WEc1?
Emily Catacchio
Sustainability SpecialistWight and Company
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April 10, 2012 - 6:48 pm
If the shower is outside of your project scope it does not need to be included in water calculations. I would suggest contacting GBCI/your review team and certainly include a detailed narrative in your next submission.
Emily Catacchio
Sustainability SpecialistWight and Company
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April 17, 2012 - 12:45 pm
Matthew, Did you withdraw the SSc3.2 credit? If not, this may be the issue. See the last section of the Bird's Eye View above.
Bianca LaPace
LEED CoordinatorStaffelbach
July 17, 2012 - 10:07 am
Mathew,
We have a similar situation, the reviewer told us to include the showers in the calculations. We provided a narrative explaining that the showers were not part of the project scope and the credit got denied. Can you share what did you do in your case?
Thank you.
Matthew Fortin
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July 18, 2012 - 6:36 pm
Hi Bianca,
For our space, the showers are located in a private business within the building. There is a cost to us to be able to access the showers. We have since submitted an appeal for the credit indicating that the space is no longer pursuing an agreement with the private business to access the showers and thus should not be considered within the project space.
If the showers are located in the building common space, this arguement would not apply though.
Sarah Lavalliere
November 9, 2016 - 10:35 am
Hi,
I have a similar question. We are working on a tenant space aiming to obtain LEED Canada CI v1.0 certification. The project is leased by a tenant also leasing one certified tenant space and one tenant space in certification process in adjacent buildings. Our project includes a gym and changing rooms with showers and complete washrooms. The changing rooms and gym will be accessible to all FTEs of the tenant spaces leased by the tenant. The number of showers and bicycle storage spaces will be adequate for the combined total of occupants of the three tenant spaces. As a result, our goal is to achieve credit SSc3.2. However, I'm not sure how we should adress credit WEc1.
Should we consider as transient occupants the tenants of the other spaces with an access to the changing rooms for the calculations? Should we estimate a number of transient occupants which will use the gym and changing room facilities? Should we consider only the fixtures used by the FTE and transient occupants of our specific tenant space?
I read all comments above, however, our project seems to be a bit different and I just want to make sure we are considering the right usage patterns for preliminary calculations.
Thank you,