Hello,

I am working on a campus project where there is common parking for the project I am working on and another project which is LEED platinum certified under the 2.2 version. Now I am documenting for the SSc4.3 by showing that 3% of the parking have EV charging stations. The parking capacity has been calculated using the Portland Parking and Zoning code (This method was used by the LEED certified neighboring building as well) and GBCI didn't seem to have any problems with that. There are 7 EV Charging stations on site and the LEED Platinum bldg has assigned 2 of them during their documentation. However there are no exclusive signage that restricts the use of the EV stations to only the users of that building and GBCI didn't have any issues with that. Now for the project I am working on, we have assigned two of the remaining five to our project (3% of parking) and GBCI during the first review came up with a comment about the use of assigned EV stations by other parties and that how can we show that these two will be exclusive for our facility. Now, the campus does have a policy of permit parking which is required for all the EV stations. Also there aren't enough EV stations in the campus to go by the LEED for campus route.

So, the question is, can I use the approved documentation for the LEED certified building as a precedent to approve my case? Although there is a difference in the versions, but looking at only the language for EV stations, they are same. Any advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks.