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CS-2009 SSc4.3: Alternative Transportation—Low-Emitting and Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
Our project's parking goes beyond the LEED boundary, since it is a mixed used building with several towers and only one of them will apply for LEED certification. We need to locate the preferred parking outside the LEED boundary due to space issues. Will do this still comply with the credit requirements?
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David Posada
Integrated Design & LEED SpecialistSERA Architects
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April 14, 2011 - 12:18 pm
It depends - if you are providing preferred parking by offering a discount on parking fees than it should be okay, but if not, then the spaces have to be the closest spaces to the main building entrance for these people. (The only spaces that can be closer to the entrance are ones reserved for disabled users.)
Gabriela Hernández Castillo
Architect, LEED AP BD+CSYASA - México
201 thumbs up
April 14, 2011 - 2:45 pm
David, the project will implement preferred parking spaces for low-e and fuel efficient vehicles, and, according to the MPR supplemental guidance page 14, "facilities (including parking) outside the leed project boundary used for compliance with specific credits: facilities that are not within the leed project boundary but are used to demostrate compliance with a credit or prerequisite, as allowed per the rating system and reference guide, need not be considered for other prerequisite, credit, or mpr compliance. However those facilities cannot be used to show compliance for other leed projects"
In this case, I am assuming that providing the preferred parking for low-e and fuel efficient vehicles (will obviously have to be close to a building entryway) but outside the LEED boundary, will be sufficient to comply with the credit's requirements.
David Posada
Integrated Design & LEED SpecialistSERA Architects
LEEDuser Expert
1976 thumbs up
April 14, 2011 - 3:30 pm
I understand your situation a bit better now - if all the parking is outside the LEED boundary, but the preferred stalls are still closest to the entry, I think you would be fine.
Maria Porter
Sustainability specialistSkanska Sweden
268 thumbs up
April 27, 2012 - 5:17 am
David and David
How did it go with this issue? I have two projects that will be built on top of an existing underground garage. Garage will not be included in project scopes. If we through a contract reserve a number of off-site parkingspaces for each building, can we achieve this credit by having preferred parking? Or even charging stations?