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NC-2009 SSc4.2: Alternative Transportation—Bicycle Storage and Changing Rooms
Our project is a group certification with two separate buildings. They are more than 200 yards apart. We have only included showers in one of the buildings, next to the gym. Employees in the showerless building may check in at the building with showers, however they do not primarily work at that location. Is this an acceptable strategy to achieve this credit?
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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?
Stacey Olson
SW Regional Design Resilience LeaderGensler
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August 3, 2015 - 3:11 pm
We had a similar situation, and filed a CIR to confirm if a central locations for showers were acceptable or not.
They responded that as long as the entrances between the buildings was less than 200 yards, the showers would be in compliance. However, my project exceeds this requirement so the credit is not viable. My understanding is that in Campus projects, this might be different - but Campus Group projects, each building must each comply with the requirements on its own.