Regarding the preferred parking, the credit requrements state "Clearly identify and enforce for sole use by green vehicles." (emphasis added). Are there any specific enforcement requirements that need to be met?
The credit form (v1) doesn't include this part of the requirement, although they do change over time. There's also nothing more about this in the reference guide - except maybe the example signage diagram for the spaces which now adds "Permit Required" below "Green Vehicles Only". Is that the requrement - that the owner develop a permitting system to enforce "Green Vehicle" parking?
Lawrence Lile
Chief EngineerLile Engineering, LLC
76 thumbs up
January 11, 2018 - 4:25 pm
I'm struggling with this too. I don't see anything in the credit language that says "permit required" except on a sample sign, and I can't imagine that a required permit could be implemented except in their example of a tightly controlled and permitted parking situation or a lot where spaces are rented long term. I can't see how "Permit Required" would work in a public access parking lot. When Grandma shows up in her Prius, how will she have a permit? The credit additional explanation in the LEED guide says that the language on the sign must reflect the "spirit of the ACEEE Green Book" which seems to give some room for variations. Said "Green book" has not been published since 2001, it has been supplanted by their website. I have been unable to locate any recommendations about signage on the ACEEE website. "Enforce" is not defined by the LEED standard anywhere I can find it. Once a LEED project is awarded a certification, there are no "LEED Police" that can check if you are enforcing anything. The "Required documentation" section of the LEED guide does not not mention that any kind of policy or enforcement is a required submittal. I'll try to come back to this discussion once we've turned the project in for review to tell you if we made any headway. Right now I intend to turn in only what they require for documentation, and not mention anything about "Enforce" or "Policy" as those represent giant cans of worms for my client, a City. I won't be surprised to find a green 1965 impala in front of the Green Vehicles sign the day we open the facility.
Emily Purcell
Sustainable Design LeadCannonDesign
LEEDuser Expert
370 thumbs up
February 2, 2018 - 2:54 pm
"Enforce" is just not within the scope of the LEED certification - it's a D+C rating system, and enforcement is an O+M consideration. As a reviewer, I was never looking for enforcement or even enforceability in this credit documentation. I'm not sure why the term was included in the rating system language, but my interpretation is "design your signage so it can be enforced" - whatever that means to your project.
Basically, you're reading that required documentation table right - there's no new requirement in v4 that you demonstrate enforcement.