Our project is a 5 storey addition to the east side of an existing campus centre. It will be connected on various levels to the campus centre and most occupants are expected to enter the addition by walking through the existing building.
Three questions:
1. The existing campus centre contains many uses - swimming pool, coffee shops, sports therapy, and auditoria to name a few. Does anyone have experience counting diverse uses in existing portions of addition projects?
2. When measuring walking distance to other buildings - say another mixed-use building on campus, or shopping mall, that contains other diverse uses - is the walking distance measured from our main entrance to the other building's main entrance? Or does the walking distance need to include the distance walked inside the shopping mall to get to the bank or hair salon?
3. When measuring walking distances for this credit (and for Access to Quality Transit), can functional and/or main entrances of the exiting portion of the building serve as beginning points for measuring walking distances for the addition portion of our building?
Thanks!
Eric
Calie Gihl
Design EngineerLEEDuser Expert
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November 26, 2017 - 3:11 pm
Hi Eric,
For LTc6, I have used the walking distance start/stop point as the entrance to the building, despite the bike storage being well inside the building or garage. Additionally, for an airport project, I've submitted a credit which uses the terminal entrance as the start of the walking distance, even though the diverse uses are scattered within the terminal. I haven't received confirmation on these credits yet, but if you document your reasoning for using the main entrance well, I think that should be ok.
For your third question, that depends on where you draw your LEED boundary. If your LEED boundary doesn't contain any of the existing buildings, I don't believe those could count as your entrances.
Ricardo Sá
Director of SustainabilityEdifícios Saudáveis Consultores (503 910 767)
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September 25, 2018 - 1:28 pm
Hi Calie,
do you got any feedback meanwhile, confirming your strategy was valid for airports? When you say "terminal entrance" you mean the main entrance of the terminal building, right?
By the way, which services outside the building do you included? Do rent-a-car facilities count as a service (retail?)?
Regards,
Alana Cristante
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March 28, 2019 - 4:40 pm
Hi Ricardo,
I followed up with you on another comment chain (if you did not see it yet!)
I am facing a lot of the same questions as you. Did you qualify rent-a-car facilities as a retail service for this credit?
Thank you (once again!)
Kara Strong
Project DirectorSustainable Design Consulting
LEEDuser Expert
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April 2, 2019 - 2:33 pm
Alana and Ricardo,
The LEED v4 BD+C Submittal Tips (page 3) state that automobile-oriented services do not contribute to compliance.
Kara