Dear all,
I have a car parking for my school whose roof serves as a playground for kids:
1) Can I consider this parking to be "Underground" and be exempted from the SRI requirement (LEED Ref. Guide p. 112), or
2) Is this considered a roof used to shade / cover a parking, and must have an SRI > 29 (LEED Ref. Guide p. 109)?
Many thanks for your help!
Susan Walter
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December 15, 2011 - 9:28 am
1. Yes, anything under this roof would be underground.
2. Yes, this playground is now a roof and you need to include is in SSc7.2. You also need to remember that the entry to this playground is now a 'regular entry' if you are going for IEQc5.
Maya Karkour
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December 16, 2011 - 2:27 am
Many thanks Susan!
My question was Case #1 OR Case #2, since both are listed in SSc7.2.
If my Case #1 is correct (my parking would be considered underground), then can you please give me an example whereby there exists a roof used to shade / cover a parking?
Susan Walter
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December 16, 2011 - 8:07 am
Sidewell Friends school in DC area. I believe that they are a case study on the USGBC site for schools. Their parking is underground but I believe they planted the roof.
Maya Karkour
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December 28, 2011 - 9:57 am
Thanks Susan.. I'm going to rephrase my question just to make sure we're understanding each other:
The school has 2 buildings: "North Block" and "South Block"
A person on the street can enter the school via the North side of the North Block. While walking towards the South direction (and the South building too), he/she will pass by 2 car parking spots, which are on the Ground Floor Level, but fully under the North Building (Classrooms begin at the First Floor). In terms of SSc7.1, we are fine for these 2 parking spots, since they classify under "Parking under a building".
This person continues to move South, and finds himself/herself in a car parking (~15 cars) with a ceiling above. This ceiling is nothing but the floor of a playground used for elementary students. If the person moves furthermore to the South direction, he/she will still see a ceiling above, but this ceiling would then be the First Floor of the "South Block". Again, there is no SRI requirements for the cars under the South Block (Parking under a building).
My question is: For SSc7.1: do we need SRI compliance for the students' playground or not?