Hello all,
I'm an architect and my project is a small classroom building in a K-12 private school campus with more than 15 buildings and no new parking will be added in the scope of this project.
School hired a LEED consultant and according to their report, SSc4.4 can be acheived AUTOMATICALLY since no parking is to be added.
Ok, I can understand this might be possible, but it says, SSc4.3 is possible if the school set aside 5% of total parking for fuel efficient vehicles.
I think it doesn't make sense to each other.
Can anybody help on this?
I might not be paid for pointing their discrepancy, but just curious if this is correct or not.
Thank you,
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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January 20, 2011 - 5:47 pm
Yes, SSc4.4 can be earned with no new parking added.To earn SSc4.3, you could designate part of the existing parking lot for LE/FE vehicles. So, both credits are possible, strange as it may seem.
Matthew Macko
PrincipalEnvironmental Building Strategies
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May 10, 2012 - 1:14 pm
Tristan,
If you follow that approach does the existing parking lot used for earning credit SSc4.3 have to be included in the project boundary? In my project's case the existing parking lot is not being altered because of the project and the lot is not directly connected to the project's construction boundary.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11477 thumbs up
June 4, 2012 - 8:47 pm
Matt, I wouldn't think so -- check the MPR supplemental guidance for advice on using parking outside of the boundary to earn credits.