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CI-2009 SSc3.2: Alternative Transportation—Bicycle Storage and Changing Rooms
The project consists of one floor of offices located within a building of 12 floors. There will be dedicated cycle storage for the CI project only but showers will not be dedicated to the CI project only anb will be available for the entire building.
Can the team still document compliance if the number of showers are enough for the CI project ?
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Does LEED have any requirements on spacing or the type of bike racks used? What about security?
Are there specific requirements for the changing rooms, such as size?
Do bike racks have to be within the LEED project boundary?
Is a general storage room that is accessible to residents acceptable for covered bike storage?
Do I round up or down? What if the calculations show that I need 0.5 showers?
David Posada
Integrated Design & LEED SpecialistSERA Architects
LEEDuser Expert
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October 21, 2013 - 7:40 pm
The number of showers would need to be .5% of the total building FTE if they are shared by all building occupants.
Stacey Olson
SW Regional Design Resilience LeaderGensler
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December 2, 2013 - 7:08 pm
The reference manual clearly states "shower and changing rooms can be provided by health club memberships if htose facilities are provided free of charge and if sufficient shower and changing facilities are available to satisfy the credit requirements of .5% of the tenant FTE. A minimum of a 2-year contract is required between teh tenant and the health club".
............Doesn't that say that you can use .5% of the tenant FTE, and not the whole buliding?
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
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December 20, 2013 - 6:42 pm
Stacey, I think the health club situation you are referring to, and the situation shared by MM are different. The health club would be responsible for making sure that it has enough capacity for its memberships. The LEED project just has to get enough memberships for the tenant population.