We are working on a project that includes parking in below grade levels under the building. The parking is split into two areas: private parking for employees, and paid public parking, for anyone to use. Even though all the parking areas are located underground and adjacent to one another, they are separated by a demising wall. The private and public parkings have separate entrances, and the public portion will be operated by someone other than the building owner. That parking is not intended for building employees, it is open to the public and will be paid parking. Since it is being developed as a separate parking unit, not for building users, with separate operation, separate entrances, etc, can it be excluded from the calculations for this credit, and for credit "LTc8 Fuel-efficient Vehicles"? Thanks!
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Emily Purcell
Sustainable Design LeadCannonDesign
LEEDuser Expert
309 thumbs up
May 9, 2018 - 5:55 pm
Yes, the public parking not assigned to project users should be excluded from your LT credit requirements. It sounds like the parking construction is part of your project scope, so it should be within the LEED project boundary, included in your energy, materials, etc calculations. But it would not count toward your parking total because it will be public, not project parking.