Jon Clifford LEED-AP BD+C GREENSQUARE LEEDuser Expert 326 thumbs up July 21, 2015- 8:27 pm Gross floor area is not relevant to SSc4.4, but since you ask about parking garages, I can see why you posted on this forum. As defined by ASHRAE, GFA excludes parking. GFA is also the basis for the EAp2/EAc1 energy model (and for a slew of other credits) and is calculated once for a project and entered into Project Information Form 2 (see http://www.leeduser.com/credit/CS-2009/PIf2). However, beware, according to the LEED Reference Guide, for EAc4 Green Energy, CS uses a different definition of gross square...

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We are assessing a distribution warehouse that will be leased to several tenants. Each tenants has a section of the building with its own parking. The total capacity meets...

I'm working on a shopping center in an urban area. We're providing about 90 parking spaces, slightly more than code minimum, so we can't get the points using Option 1. Before we bought the site...

Our project is a mall, situated in a place with no local zoning requirements for parking.
We chose to go with option 4 to attend this credit's requirements, but while checkting ITE Parking...

I have always assumed that this credit was pretty much the same for NC and CS projects - specifically that we must not exceed code minimum AND provide preferred parking for carpooling vehicles...

There are quite some LEED credits relate to carpark provisions within project building. Obvious those are SSc 4.3, SSc 4.4 and SSc 7.1. My idea is that no provision of carpark facilities is good...

In the reviewers comments a query has been raised that the parking space allocated to demonstrate Car Pooling is not a preferred parking space - the two closest to entrance to the building are...

I have a mixed-use building that is over 90% office, with only 4 residential units. I am considering adding carpool stalls and a single-page handout with some of the websites and tools listed in...

Case 1, Option 2. I must be reading/interpreting this wrong. Provide parking for less than 3% of the...

When using Option 4 (2003 ITE study), we should provide 25% fewer parking spaces than which rate indicated in ITE study: minimum, maximum or average? We are working on a shopping center new...