I feel like im seeing conflicting or vague stuff about the signage for this credit. We are going after the option for SSc4.3 in which electric charging stations are provided for 3% of parking capacity. so do the signs that go in front of these spaces still use the same words: "low-emission/fuel efficient vehicle parking only" or does it need to say something like "electric car charging parking only"? (so that hybrids don't park in a charging station)? or are these all the same thing? I wish under each option they told you EXACTLY what wording to use but in the absence of that im just not positive. please help! thanks
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Erica Downs
LEED ConsultantThe Green Engineer
254 thumbs up
April 12, 2018 - 3:23 pm
Carrie, I would be interested to hear how you resolved this...if you did.
Thanks!
Emily Purcell
Sustainable Design LeadCannonDesign
LEEDuser Expert
318 thumbs up
April 12, 2018 - 5:15 pm
Hey Erica, I can probably speak to this one...first of all, in v2009, signage reserving those charging spaces isn't required in the ref guide or credit form. So I can see a reviewer maybe raising a red flag if they see a site plan indicating signage that says something totally different from "EV charging only," but they shouldn't be asking for it by default. If you get comments asking for this signage or verifying that those spaces are in a preferred location (also not a requirement for this option!) that's something you can push back on. Of course, it makes sense to install some signage or pavement striping making it clear that those spaces are for charging vehicles, but LEEDv2009 doesn't require you to document it.
In v4, the rating system DOES require that EV charging spaces be reserved, so on a v4 project you would need to provide a site plan showing the reserved status. Both this and the preferred parking signage are intentionally not spelled out in the reference guide...it is more flexible (more here https://leeduser.buildinggreen.com/forum/signage-and-language ). The best signage is context-dependent, but any wording along the lines of "EV charging parking only" should be fine to get the status of those spaces across.
Hope that helps, with this credit it's always a fine line between being overly prescriptive and making the project team guess at the requirements.