Parking Capacity in block project - park

Leticia,

First is a question of your LEED boundary. It sounds like your garage is located off site or outside of your LEED boundary for each of the buildings - which is allowed - see CIR ruling for SSc4.3 dated 8/22/08. I would present these options to your owner -1) calculate 5% of the FTE for each building and ask if the owner is willing to designate that number of spots for carpools for each building - these parking stalls should be strategically placed for a driver to have the shortest walk from the stall to the main entrance of each of the buildings; I think the easiest way to designate these stalls would be through signage which can be freestanding or painted. The signs should be clear about who is allowed to park in those spaces, e.g. "Reserved Carpool Parking for Building A only" or 2) ask the owner to create a discount program that would allow the entire FTE of each building to participate. This would eliminate the need to designate particular stalls for carpool. No matter which approach you take, be sure to write a very clear narrative that describes the approach, where the parking stalls are located (using a plan) or describes the incentive program. Also sharing an example of the advertisement for the discount parking will help get the credit passed by the reviewers. Good luck.