We have four LEED Registered projects within a prison expansion phase construction. We wish to determine how best to define our projects for LEED purposes as follows: Administration Building "A" (a building outside the secure perimeter) Close Custody Housing "D,E,F, & G" (High Security cell blocks, 4 identical buildings registered as one project) IMU/Seg Housing "C" (cell block with Maximum Security/special needs inmates) Core Facility "H" (multiple use building) Each of these buildings will share one new large parking (400+ spaces) lot and can be used to qualify each of these four projects for SSc4.4 (Parking Capacity), appropriately treating this expansion for LEED calculations as a campus environment. We would like to investigate whether our projects can earn SS Credit 4.3 - Alt Fuel Vehicles. There are two potential paths we are considering: providing bio-diesel vehicles and/or installing a biodiesel refueling station. We need information on the quantity of bio-diesel vehicles and how many preferred parking spaces would be required. We presume that one on-site bio-diesel refueling station servicing the fleet will suffice. We have FTE figures which include employees and visitors. For LEED calculations we do not consider inmates as "building occupants" since they do not leave the premises and therefore cannot commute.
As this project is a campus project, it could comply with the requirements of either the LEED-NCv2.1 Rating System or the LEED-NC Application Guide for Multiple Buildings and On-Campus Building Projects. Based on this Application Guide, the project would need to provide alternative fuel vehicles (such as bio-diesel), low-emissions and/or fuel efficient vehicles for 3% of the full time employees (FTE) in the buildings, AND provide preferred parking for these vehicles, AND have access to a nearby alternative fueling station. Alternatively, if fleet vehicles are provided for the project, at least 50% of the vehicles must be alternative fuel vehicles.Update April 15, 2011: Please note that all 2009 projects in multiple building situations must follow the 2010 Application Guide for Multiple Buildings and On-Campus Building Projects, located here: https://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=7987. 2009 project teams should check this document for up to date guidance on all multiple building issues. Applicable Internationally.