When determining the actual parking capacity of the project, do the small motorcycle parking spaces count ?
Since motorcycles do not allow carpool, it would seem coherent to exclude motorcycle parking spaces from this credit's calculations.
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Christopher Law
Project Manager, LEEDU.S. Green Building Council
9 thumbs up
November 19, 2014 - 9:52 am
Hi Catherine,
Good question. For LEED v4, project teams are currently instructed to exclude "motorbike or bicycle spaces" from total parking capacity at the discretion of the project team. This means that motorcycle stalls will not count towards or against credit requirements.
This is detailed in "LT Overview, Total Parking Capacity" of the Getting Started section of the BD&C Reference Guide (available here: http://www.usgbc.org/guide/bdc).
Catherine Verdier
Le Sommer Environnement3 thumbs up
November 27, 2014 - 10:17 am
Hi Christopher,
Thank you for your reply!
I had asked the same question to GBCI, their answer arrived yesterday: "You are correct to assume that motorcycle parking does not need to be included in the parking capacity count for this credit."
Dana Waters
Air Pollution SpecialistCalifornia Air Resources Board
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April 18, 2017 - 2:14 pm
Hi Christopher,
Can you please help to clarify? What if the motorcycle parking is under cover of a shade structure? Would it need to be included in the parking count for the facility?
I only ask because there is contradictory guidance in the step-by-step guidance section of the Heat Island Reduction Credit. In the Sustainable Sites category on page 201 of the Reference Guide, it states for Parking under Cover, you do need to include motorcycle parking as vehicle parking spaces.
Would this requirement also apply to the Reduced Parking Footprint credit? Or, would you only count the number of motorcycle spaces for the Heat Island Reduction Credit if they are under cover and not count them at all for the Reduced Parking Footprint Credit?
Thanks in advance for helping to shed some light on this issue.
Sara BENLOUBA
Green building managerConfidential
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June 1, 2023 - 6:22 am
Hello Dana,
I think that my feedback will not be useful to you because it is too late. But I leave it anyway for other people who will be in the same situation as you.
Motorbike/motorcycle are excluded from credit "HEAT ISLAND REDUCTION" as other credit in relation with parking. Cheek more details in addenda below:
https://www.usgbc.org/leedaddenda/100002212