We have a major renovation project where the building shares a small parking lot with three other buildings within a campus setting. 75% of the spaces are handicap spaces with only 4 short term parking spaces. Looking back (after we have created our LEED project boundary), we would like to reserve one of the spaces for low-emitting and fuel-efficient vehicles. Would we have to redraw the boundary to include this space? It would still be the closest non-handicap space, but it would make for an odd looking boundary.
Any insight or suggestions would be appreciated.
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Denise Dauplaise
ArchitectBerners-Schober Associates
5 thumbs up
July 31, 2012 - 3:52 pm
We too, have a building on a campus that shares parking with the entire campus. Our new building replaces 3 old previous buildings. Parking is not in our LEED boundary. Can it still be counted as part of credit SSc4.3, since we are not adding any new parking?
Mike Stopka
Director of SustainabilitySolomon Cordwell Buenz
20 thumbs up
December 13, 2012 - 10:18 am
I also have the same situation. I'm working on a campus building that has parking outside of the LEED boundary. I believe you can include all the parking that services the building but I'm still looking for a credit interpretation ruling to back this up.
Ellen Mitchell
331 thumbs up
December 13, 2012 - 10:33 am
I don't have a specific CIR to provide you, but I can tell you that I have had success in past campus projects with this approach. I identified all parking lots or structures that serve my building (even if existing and outside of my boundary), and allocated 5% of those as preferred for LEFEVs. One word of caution though is that I have had some (but not all) reviewers insist that the signage state that the spaces are reserved for the LEED building only. I think that this is sort of ridiculous and impractical on a campus, but I'm guessing that is their way of side-stepping the possibility of "double-dipping" with any other future LEED projects on campus.