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NC-2009 SSc4.2: Alternative Transportation—Bicycle Storage and Changing Rooms
We are working on a cultural centre where there will be office space as well. There is no number of FTE´s given by the project owner. Are there any standard rules or guidelines that have to be used to determine the amount of FTE´s or can we define a number of FTE´s ourselves?
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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?
Rick Ferrara
AIA, LEED BD+CGensler
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June 1, 2010 - 10:40 pm
This should be a common question that's asked in the first Eco-Charrette with the Client. We ask them to develop a number and get it to us with in the first week. Most have a pretty good idea of staff count, and then we help them estimate customers / visitors.
If the staff doesn't travel much and works a single shift you might use the furniture plan and deduct 1 or 2 to allow for vacations, sick time, and people traveling to other locations.
Calculating visitors will be another issue, but your going to need to develop this to determine parking capacities.