This v4.1 credit offers a number of options for reducing a project’s parking footprint.

Option 1

One approach to this option is simple: don’t provide off-street parking.

For the second approach, parking capacity cannot exceed minimum local code compliance, and total parking capacity must be a 30% reduction below base ratios listed in the Reference Guide.

Because of a 2020 addendum, you can also hit that 30% target by comparing against the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Parking Generation Manual, 5th Edition, or a comparable resource.

Strategies to reduce the number of parking spaces needed for your project include:

• Providing transit subsidies for building users
• Allowing telecommuting
• Allowing a compressed workweek schedule
• Providing a shuttle service between transit stops and the project building

Option 2

This option offers a point for providing dedicated parking for carshare vehicles. There must be a carshare space for 1% of parking spaces.

Option 3

To achieve this option, “unbundle” the cost of parking from the cost of renting space in the project building. Parking must be priced to be at least as expensive as municipal public transit.

What’s New in LEED v4.1

• The credit has been fundamentally re-written to expand the strategies for achievement.
• For “reduced” parking under Option 1, reductions from base ratios no longer depend on other credits achieved. It’s now 30% for all projects.
• Preferred parking for carpools is no longer required.
• Due to a November 2020 addendum, carshare spots for Option 2 are now 1% of all parking spaces; previously, this calculation was based on occupancy.

Should I upgrade?

Yes! With the new options added, there are a more ways to earn this point.