LEEDuser members -- we have updated the survey templates we offer in our documentation toolkit to take into account the recent review comments we've been seeing asking that teams record the number of people in the carpool for each day. We're also now offering two templates: one for electronic surveys, and one for a "lobby blitz" method.
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Sheryl Swartzle
Sustainability SpecialistTLC Engineering Solutions
63 thumbs up
August 7, 2012 - 2:34 pm
Our cilent has conducted the survey and it mirrors the Lobby blitz method but does not show the make/model/year of the cars. Is this required?
Jason Franken
Sustainability ProfessionalLEEDuser Expert
608 thumbs up
August 8, 2012 - 12:07 pm
Well, if you want to claim alternative commuting trips that occupants are making using fuel-efficient vehicles (FEV), you'll need to explain to the GBCI reviewer how you determined that someone's car qualified. Since the survey is already finished, I'd calculate the RCCT including the FEV and then without the FEV to see how much it affects the overall performance level. If it is an insignificant difference, go ahead and assume that those are actually single-occupancy drivers in conventional cars. If you lose a lot of points when you don't count the FEV drivers, then you may have to either conduct a new survey or track down those respondents who indicated that they are FEV drivers and get some supplemental information. Ultimately, you should be able to show that each car that you consider an FEV has an ACEEE Green score of at least 40.