We have a Tower pursuing LEED NC certification being built on top of an existing Podium with basement parking. The Tower officially starts on top of the Podium. Its LEED boundary is its footprint on the Podium’s roof deck. The Owner of the tower will buy parking slots from the Podium’s basement parking to meet its required number of parking. Our query is this: The LEED User SSc7.1 checklist stated that “Parking spots apply to all parking areas within the LEED boundary. Off-site parking outside the LEED boundary is not included in this credit.” However, with this set-up, we’d like to know if we can we still pursue SSc7.1 as the basement parking is not within the tower’s LEED boundary but essentially not an off-site parking as the tower is within the project site. We are trying to pursue 100% parking underground and it seems that it is achievable in this situation. Any thoughts please?
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Cynthia Estrada
LEED AP BD&CSDS Architects, Inc.
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July 7, 2015 - 3:14 pm
Good question, but it sounds to me like the underground parking would still be considered off-site since it is not within your LEED boundary and would be leased. It also sounds like you have very little site hardscape to help meet the intent of the credit