Hi, we have a site with several multi-use buildings which have non-residential entrances and a main entrance which will lead to residential lobby etc. Within the form in table NPDc9-1, when it asks for " Number of DUs and Nonresidential Use Entrances in Building," am I supposed to literally put the number of actual apartment entrances or just the main entrances to the building? Thanks!
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Eliot Allen
LEED AP-ND, PrincipalCriterion Planners
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April 19, 2016 - 4:17 pm
Sara, because the requirement is 90% of DUs and businesses, and because those are often accessed through common entries in multi-tenant buildings, it's necessary to assign the DUs and businesses in a such building to one or more common entries (but you can't double-assign a DU or business). The quarter-mile walking distance is only measured to the common entries, not to the interior front doors of DUs or businesses. What you end up with are walk trip orgin points weighted by the number of DUs and/or businesses accessed at each point.
Eliot
Eliot Allen
LEED AP-ND, PrincipalCriterion Planners
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April 19, 2016 - 4:27 pm
Sara, I just realized I may not have clearly answered your Table NPDc9-1 question. You can fill it out two ways: 1) for each multi-tenant building declare a single common entry and assign all DUs and businesses to that single entry, and enter its walk distance; or 2) create a unique Building ID row in the table for each entry you want to use, e.g. Bldg A with 3 entries would have three rows in the table marked A-1, A-2, A-3, and each of those could have shares of DUs and businesses in the building, and perhaps more importantly they would each have their own walking distance, which might be helpful in a close threshold situation.
Eliot