Regarding Option 1 of providing preferred parking for LEFEV for 5% of the total vehicle parking capacity of the site. Here is our issue/question. We have two buildings being submitted as a 'campus' thru LEED. We are providing no new parking for our specific project as there is a dedicated parking garage with several thousand parking spots for the adjacent building's use. The garage does not specify an allowable # of spots for any of the adjacent buildings. We would like to apply for this credit by creating parking spots for LEFEV specifically for our two buildings. Using the total vehicle parking capacity of the garage will not work as it is not all for our project and would require a HUGE amount of LEFEV spots. How can we approach this credit? Can we calculate the spots based on the FTE of our two buildings? Thanks in advance.
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Tak Louie
Dir. of LEED ServicesAntunovich Associates
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August 10, 2015 - 3:27 pm
We've encountered a similar situation, although it's not a campus, where we were sharing a large parking complex with the other users. Our project signed a contract with the Owner/ Operator, as you will read, but the balance of the GBCI comment might help you to see the viewpoint of a shared garage. Your situation may result in having a lot of LEV/FEV parking spaces but it would certainly be a benefit to all users beyond your LEED certified project.
"The LEED project parking is located in a portion of a parking area that is shared with other occupants of the neighboring building and the provided parking contract states that the 50 dedicated parking spaces are provided in the form of parking passes and the spaces themselves are unreserved. If parking is to be shared with neighboring building occupants, provide a narrative or signage samples indicating how sufficient preferred parking will be reserved for occupants of the LEED project building. Alternatively, the project may demonstrate that preferred parking is provided for at least 5% of the total parking capacity of the shared parking area. In this case, provide revised site plans, calculations, and a narrative to demonstrate compliance at the whole-parking area level."