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

Option 1: Shared Lot/Outside LEED Boundary

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JOHN COOK
Campus Sustainability Coordinator
University of California Riverside
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We have a major renovation project where the building shares a small parking lot with three other buildings within a campus setting. 75% of the spaces are handicap spaces with only 4 short term parking spaces. Looking back (after we have created our LEED project boundary), we would like to reserve one of the spaces for low-emitting and fuel-efficient vehicles. Would we have to redraw the boundary to include this space? It would still be the closest non-handicap space, but it would make for an odd looking boundary. Any insight or suggestions would be appreciated.

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Denise Dauplaise
Architect
Berners-Schober Associates
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Tue, 07/31/2012 - 19:52

We too, have a building on a campus that shares parking with the entire campus. Our new building replaces 3 old previous buildings. Parking is not in our LEED boundary. Can it still be counted as part of credit SSc4.3, since we are not adding any new parking?
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Mike Stopka
Director of Sustainability
Solomon Cordwell Buenz
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Thu, 12/13/2012 - 15:18

I also have the same situation. I'm working on a campus building that has parking outside of the LEED boundary. I believe you can include all the parking that services the building but I'm still looking for a credit interpretation ruling to back this up.

Thu, 12/13/2012 - 15:33

I don't have a specific CIR to provide you, but I can tell you that I have had success in past campus projects with this approach. I identified all parking lots or structures that serve my building (even if existing and outside of my boundary), and allocated 5% of those as preferred for LEFEVs. One word of caution though is that I have had some (but not all) reviewers insist that the signage state that the spaces are reserved for the LEED building only. I think that this is sort of ridiculous and impractical on a campus, but I'm guessing that is their way of side-stepping the possibility of "double-dipping" with any other future LEED projects on campus.

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