This credit requires "dedicated walking or biking lanes to the transit lines that extend from the school building at least to the end of the school property in 2 or more directions without any barriers (e.g., fences) on school property". If our campus is small with basically one road in and out, would 1 path be acceptable that leads out to the main road where the transit lines are located?
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Ben Stanley
Senior Sustainability ManagerWSP - Built Ecology
LEEDuser Expert
250 thumbs up
June 14, 2010 - 1:38 pm
Denise,
I've had a similar situation approved before. Probably the most important thing is to provide the context to the review team as to why your solution makes sense given the specific situation of your project and how it meets the overall intent of providing paths leading off campus in two different directions.
Mohammed Najjar
20 thumbs up
April 14, 2011 - 8:31 am
How can I prove option 3, while building still not constructed yet, so I don't know who are the students and where they are live?
David Posada
Integrated Design & LEED SpecialistSERA Architects
LEEDuser Expert
1979 thumbs up
April 14, 2011 - 11:50 am
In planning for the construction of the school were there any studies or surveys to determine the location of potential students?
Mohammed Najjar
20 thumbs up
April 16, 2011 - 2:13 am
Yes, but all these studies are tentative, and after occupancy the situation may be changed. I cannot decide who will attend the school.
David Posada
Integrated Design & LEED SpecialistSERA Architects
LEEDuser Expert
1979 thumbs up
April 18, 2011 - 3:19 pm
In some cases public or government schools are be planned to serve the population of a particular geographic area and there are policies that influence where students will attend school. In other cases a school may enroll students from a wider area based on test scores or other selection criteria.
You'll need to decide how confident you (and the reviewers) will be that you can anticipate where students are likely to live. If don't you think there are enough reasons to expect 80% of students to come from within the "attendance boundary," then Option 3 may not be apply to your situation.