We are working on a new LEED NC building that is part of a campus. The scope of work includes below ground parking underneath our building, as well as resurfacing of an adjacent parking lot. It is anticipated that the surface lot will be developed as a new building at a future phase. As such, we are providing a party wall with no fenestration facing this lot. All parking spaces, below ground and surface, will serve the entire campus. A percentage of total spaces will be dedicated to FTE occupants of our building. Given the informatiion above, do you think it is required that we include the surface parking within our LEED project boundary?
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James Giannantonio
Energy & Sustainability AnalystJohnson Controls, Inc.
March 25, 2013 - 12:30 pm
Hi Ilana, given the information above I would lean towards a yes answer. Since some of the surface area parking will be used by your NC occupants then you should include the surface area parking within your LEED project boundary. This especially holds true if you have dedicated FTE parking spots on the surface parking area for your new occupants. Since the occupants of your LEED NC project will be using either the surface area or under building parking area, it would be difficult to exclude these areas from your LEED NC project boundary. Please correct me if I am wrong and also please keep me informed on how this goes. Good luck.
Ilana Judah
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March 26, 2013 - 10:17 am
James,
Thanks very much for your response. To clarify, the parking we are including will serve the entire campus, which has multiple buildings. Parking is not reserved for nor necessarily used by FTE occupants of the building, though it could be. It is used by whomever on the campus pays for it. I'm not sure if this changes the interpretation however.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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March 29, 2013 - 2:28 pm
Ilana, I'd say it's a tossup whether to include in the current project's LEED boundary. Safer to include, but could arguably be excluded.