Our project site currently has three existing buildings and over 300 parking stalls. All of these buildings and parking areas will be demolished under separate contract. The new building will have approximately 100 new parking spaces, significantly less than the current amount. The question that I have is would we still be able to achieve the No New Parking option even though the site is cleared under separate contract and not included in LEED calculations for waste management?

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Lauren Wallace

LEED Project Reviewer, LEED AP BD+C, Senior LEED Specialist

Certifications Department Manager, Epsten Group, Inc.

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Wed, 12/04/2013 - 17:31

Tom, I have seen this strategy approved, as you are not adding to the total number of parking spaces, even if the actual parking lot is new. The intent of the credit is to reduce pollution and land development impacts from automobile use by reducing the parking capacity period. Just make sure your documentation very clearly outlines the parking capacity that was existing versus the new parking lot. Adding the existing asphalt, etc., to MRc2: Construction Waste Management will not have any affect on whether or not you achieve SSc4.4. Hope this helps!

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