Our project involves renovating an existing building on a university campus. The 1974 concrete building previously served as the student union, and it has now been renovated as a dining hall, with a few seminar rooms on the second floor. We were lucky with this project as the structure already complied with several of the pilot credit features, and we had designed a monumental stair connecting the first and second floors before we even decided to pursue the credit.

One of only challenges we faced was Feature #5 as there was an existing small elevator next to one of our main staircases. In order to draw occupants' attention to the staircase and away from the elevator, we painted the bottom of the stairs above the landings a bright yellow, installed bright lighting that met Feature #6 and did not install lighting above the elevator, which fades into the dark corner. We think that our creative solution meets the intent of Feature #5. For us, meeting the pilot credit requirements in an existing building was fairly simple, but I would be interested in others' experiences with existing buildings.