Our project is a high-rise residential building in Manhattan with one floor of retail space. The project\'s projected population is 516 residents and 16 FTE. The retail population is excluded from these figures because the retail space will be fit out by others. The project includes no parking, earning SSc4.4. The project would like to earn SSc4.3 by providing building occupants access to hybrid Zipcars. The Owner of our project proposes to lease 2 parking spaces in an existing and neighboring garage to the project, and sign a contract with ZipCar that ensures Zipcar will keep 2 cars in these spots for a minimum of 2 years. Zipcar and the Owner will negotiate the contract terms required to achieve that goal. Our project calculated the need for 2 Zipcars based on 3% of the combined residential and FTE population, and Zipcar\'s assumption that 1 car services 8 customers in Manhattan: (0.03)*(532)*(1/8) = 2 To generalize these requirements for other projects: 1. Project will contract with Zipcar to locate hybrid Zipcars in a neighboring parking facility for a minimum of 2 years. Contract terms may vary by project and Zipcar outfit. LEED reviewer may request copy of Zipcar Contract if auditing the credit. 2. Parking facility must be within 1/4 mile of the project, as measured by walking or bus route. 3. Project to ensure sufficient Zipcars are provided to service 3% of the building\'s projected occupancy, using Zipcar\'s assumptions for car to customer ratio in the project\'s community. LEED reviewer may request documentation of Zipcar\'s assumptions if auditing the credit. 4. To document the credit, Project team will complete SSc4.3 LEED-Online template with a narrative describing the Zipcar arrangement and calculations for the number of Zipcars provided.
The project team is proposing to provide hybrid Zipcars instead of alternative fuel vehicles in an off-site parking facility, for 3% of the building FTE + Residential occupants, assuming that 1 Zipcar serves 8 people. Many of these issues raised in this CIR have been discussed in previous CIR’s, including requests dated 3/27/2006, 1/6/2004, 12/21/2004, and 2/18/2005. Based on these CIR rulings and the intent of the credit, in order to achieve SSc4.3 through an alternative compliance path, the following requirements must be met:
• One low-emitting or fuel –efficient Zipcar must be provided per 8 people
• The Zipcar contract demonstrating an agreement of at least 2 years must be provided
• Documentation of Zipcar’s customers served/car estimates and a narrative explaining the carshare program and its administration must be provided
• The Zipcar parking must be located in the nearest available spaces in the nearest available parking area; provide a site plan or area map clearly highlighting the walking path from the parking area to the project site and noting the distance. In addition, the project states that they plan to exclude the retail portion of the population. Please note that the project needs to include the retail space occupancy in the calculations. This issue is mentioned in several CIR’s. According to SSc4.4 CIR dated 2/18/2005, if the retail component is less than 10% of the total building area, it is to be considered within residential requirements; if greater than 10%, it is to be considered under commercial requirements. Either way, documentation is needed demonstrating the percentage of retail space of the entire building, and the FTE/residential occupancy counts that contribute towards overall occupancy that must be served by the low-emitting or fuel-efficient Zipcars.