It appears that the LEED criteria may be developed for a more generic office situation and our college campus operates very differently. There are several extenuating factors. Unlike most similar higher education institutions, Colorado College has maintained a relatively constant student population as mandated in the school\'s educational charter. Therefore, an additional building does not imply more students although may indicate additional educators and support staff. Colorado College is a small residential campus requiring ~75% of the students to live in campus housing (all students except seniors must live on campus), which is on contiguous property and within easy walking distance, ~ 1/4 mile. A portion of the professors are also visitors, living in campus housing during their instructional Block (this reduction has not been entered into the calculation). The use of automobiles to attend daily classes is minimal, due to the very short distance. Colorado College operates educationally under the "Block Plan" where only one class is taken at a time for a three and one half week duration in a dedicated Classroom; generally, there is only one class per Classroom per day. The actual usage of the space as compared to the FTE (full time equivalent) students is realistically less than one when considering the primary classroom session generally is in the morning (this reduction has not been entered into the calculation). A maximum of 25 students is allowed per class, so this number is used in the following calculations but the actual students per class will average less (this reduction has not been entered into the calculation). The following numbers are based on actual Classroom and Office room counts for the Tutt Science Center. --437 students count or ~110 adjusted students count when only 25% arrive from the surrounding community --35 professors and support staff when assuming 100% arrive from the surrounding community --437 + 35 equal 472 total building population --110 + 35 equal 145 adjusted total building population Our question is, can we use the 472 people as our total building population, while using the "adjusted" or "commuter" population for determining showering facilities and parking requirements? This would mean that 472 would be used to determine bike rack needs, which seems appropriate as the on-campus students may also ride bikes for a short distance, while 145 would be used as the building population when determining showering facilities, number of parking spaces, and also the number of alternative refueling stations. For example, using the total population for the bicycle storage capacity would give .05 x 472 equals ~24. Considering the short travel distance for most, shower usage should be minimal and the 145 adjusted building population seems realistic. The resulting count of .05 x 145 / 8 equal ~ 1 shower should be a more accurate appraisal of the potential use.