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My project has a balcony that projects away from the building, and does not provide a roof to an enclosed space for the building. How should the balcony be treated for this credit?

Should we include motorcycle parking spaces in our total parking count for the Parking Under Cover option?

Projects that provide covered parking are eligible for points under this credit, but what if a project provides no parking?

What if I need to have a material tested?

Can I exclude functional usable areas like recreation courts or rooftop patios?

If the manufacturer cannot provide the SR or SRI values, can standard values be used based on the color of the material?

If the top floor of a parking garage includes parking spaces, is it considered a roof or non-roof surface?

In LEED v4, are there standard allowed SRI values for things like concrete, as in LEED 2009?

How should we account for off-site parking under this credit?

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NC-v4 SSc5:Heat island reduction

Option 1 and Option 2?

Jonathan Weiss

Jacobs Buildings & Infrastructure

LEEDuser Premium Member

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January 8, 2015

For a project where we're pushing for parking garages for the cars, but have asphalt driveways, can we consider the footprint of the garage as hardscape that meets the requirement? Otherwise we cannot get credit for roofing improvements unless we do both parking garages and concrete roadway surfaces.

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Karin Miller

Senior Sustainability Manager

YR&G

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Thu, 04/16/2015 - 21:47

Hi Jonathan, Have you looked at Option 2. Parking Under Cover? If a minimum of 75% of parking spaces are in the garage and the roof used to cover parking has a three-year aged SRI of at least 32 you should qualify for the credit. Karin

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