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NC-2009 SSc4.3:Alternative Transportation—Low-Emitting and Fuel-Efficient Vehicles

Preferred Parking - defined

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Lee Koepke
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RA-LIN and Associates, Inc.
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Hello LEED Community! My first question for everyone. We have had preliminary review comments returned to us, and one Technical Advice comments was regarding the location of our Preferred Parking Spaces to meet LEED definition of Preferred. 1.How does one measure "closest" to Main Entrance? Is it measured from each space, or from the center of the bank of spaces we provided? 2. Is that measurement taken as a direct "as the crow flies", or along the path of travel (ie, thru landscape islands, or along sidewalks) Thanks much for any assistance you could provide.

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Tristan Roberts
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Thu, 04/11/2013 - 14:16

Lee, I am not aware that there is a definition with the level of technical specificity that you're looking for. Maybe if you shared what the review comment was about, we could help advise.From your questions, I wonder if you have provide a row of preferred spots in which some spaces are close to the entrance, but some spaces in the row are farther than non-preferred spots. I think this would lead a reviewer to question the plan.
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Lee Koepke
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Thu, 04/11/2013 - 14:29

Thanks Tristan. "The location of all of the designated spaces does not appear to meet the LEED definition of preferred, as required. Preferred spaces are those spaces located closest to the main entrance of the project (exclusive of spaces designed for handicapped)" Our original submission had a quantity of spaces that far exceeded the minimum, however, at the Owners request a small portion of these were located so that an adjacent building outside the LEED boundary could benefit. (we have since removed these spaces) The remainder of the spaces are in blocks of 5 with the block thats closest to the entrances. Technically measuring spaces would mean 2 spaces from several rows are 'closer'.

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