My project is located within a college campus. The building does not have its own parking within the LEED boundary. However, there is a campus parking lot adjacent to the builidng. - Can I use this parking lot for the building even if it is not within the LEED boundary? - In filling out the LEED template under 'Alternative Fuel' option, it is asking for Total Parking Capacity. How would I come up with this? Is this something related to FTE of the buidling? or do I have to use the acutal number of parking spaces provided in the lot. This means that 3% will be much higher. Your opinions are greatly appreicated. Thanks.

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Michelle Halle Stern

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Tue, 02/15/2011 - 16:21

Total parking capacity is the parking needed to accommodate your building. In pre-2009 projects you could use offsite parking. If you look at the 2010 campus guide https://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=7987 I think you can still use this strategy if you can give sound reasons that the adjacent parking lot will be for your project. On my last project within a campus I used the required parking calculation for the planned development for my total parking capacity. FTE seems like a reasonable alternative.

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