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NC-2009 SSc4.3:Alternative Transportation—Low-Emitting and Fuel-Efficient Vehicles

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Dear all, we have the following situation with one of our projects. The project we are certifying is a laboratory building that is a part of the big existing factory site. We would like to try to follow both SSc4.3 and SSc4.4 credits' requirements. So for 4.4 we re going to follow option with no new parking (the moving within boundary of factoy site will be prohibited so there is no point in making any new parking). But for 4.3 compliance we're going to use existing parking situated outside of the whole factory site and make 5% of existing parking lots preferred for LEV/FEV. Do anybody have any thought on that solution? Does that seem logic? Thank you all in advance.

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Marilyn Specht
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Thu, 03/31/2016 - 17:10

Anastasia, Are there portions of the existing parking that are assigned to your project in particular or is all parking first come first serve? Also not quite sure what you mean by moving within the boundary will be prohibited. Does the no parking added apply to the whole site or just the portion in your boundary? You can include parking outside of your boundary, see my previous response to Shad below on more information.
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Helen Kessler
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Thu, 03/31/2016 - 17:20

Anastasia - SSc4.4 is clearly achievable if there is no new parking. If it's clear that the existing parking will be used by your new facility and you provide LEV/FEV parking for 5% of all of the existing parking spaces, and those parking spaces are closest to the entrance to your building, you should have no trouble achieving SSc4.3. Generally, there is a requirement that the LEV/FEV parking be adjacent to the ADA spaces. In this case, that may or may not be the most appropriate spot specifically for your building.

Fri, 04/01/2016 - 13:10

Dear Marilyn, all parking first come for the first stage, but this parking is large enough to receive both workers of our lab and the existing factory staff as well, so it won't be hard to find a parking lot for 1 of 9 laboratory employees. Speaking of moving prohibition, i ment that any employee cannot use his car to move within site territory and as our laboratory will be a part of this site we can't put there even only 1 parking lot to make it preferred for low-emitting vehicles. Hope I managed to make myself clear :) No new parking added apply to the whole site actually. So do you think we can try pursuing both credits here? Thank you for your reply.

Fri, 04/01/2016 - 13:14

Dear Helen, Thank you for your reply, it's really helpful!
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Fri, 04/01/2016 - 15:03

Sounds like you could meet both. You'd just need to provide 5% of the whole site for SSc4.3 preferred parking.

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