If you’re not careful, limiting parking capacity could be frustrating for occupants, and not behavior-changing. Consider strategies that go above and beyond the credit requirements:Encourage carpooling through educational programs and through reward progr

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If you’re not careful, limiting parking capacity could be frustrating for occupants, and not behavior-changing. Consider strategies that go above and beyond the credit requirements:

Use your estimated budget as a guide throughout the project. You don’t want to fail to earn this credit because you waited until after purchasing materials before calculating whether you have enough reused and salvaged materials to gain the LEED credit.&n

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Use your estimated budget as a guide throughout the project. You don’t want to fail to earn this credit because you waited until after purchasing materials before calculating whether you have enough reused and salvaged materials to gain the LEED credit. 

Using an estimated budget to integrate reused or salvaged materials into the design and specs early on can help prevent costly change orders during construction. 

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Using an estimated budget to integrate reused or salvaged materials into the design and specs early on can help prevent costly change orders during construction. 

Include a cushion for this credit, in case of changes in design and purchasing. For example, if you are counting on points for using 5% reused materials, plan for 10% of your budget to be spent on reused materials to avoid coming up short.

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Include a cushion for this credit, in case of changes in design and purchasing. For example, if you are counting on points for using 5% reused materials, plan for 10% of your budget to be spent on reused materials to avoid coming up short.

Research local and state tax incentives for carpooling programs. In order to qualify for state or local programs the carpooling program typically must be verifiable and meet specific requirements.

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Research local and state tax incentives for carpooling programs. In order to qualify for state or local programs the carpooling program typically must be verifiable and meet specific requirements.

Determining the cost of a replacement item leaves some room for interpretation, but the replacement must be a comparable product. For example, you cannot value the replacement of standard acoustic ceiling tile at the cost of a hand-painted, gold-encrusted

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Determining the cost of a replacement item leaves some room for interpretation, but the replacement must be a comparable product. For example, you cannot value the replacement of standard acoustic ceiling tile at the cost of a hand-painted, gold-encrusted ceiling tile.

This is generally a low-cost credit. Reducing built parking capacity can even reduce construction and maintenance costs. The only added cost might be signage for preferred parking spaces, if applicable.

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This is generally a low-cost credit. Reducing built parking capacity can even reduce construction and maintenance costs. The only added cost might be signage for preferred parking spaces, if applicable.

The parking spaces that need to be assessed for this credit are only the spaces located within the LEED boundary. If your building’s occupants have access to parking that’s outside the scope of the project and the LEED boundary, you don’t have to factor i

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The parking spaces that need to be assessed for this credit are only the spaces located within the LEED boundary. If your building’s occupants have access to parking that’s outside the scope of the project and the LEED boundary, you don’t have to factor it into credit calculations.

Ideally, the research of zoning ordinances informs your lease negotiations, so that you can make sure the lease document does not “guarantee” more parking spaces than what your project requires by code. A “guaranteed space” is one that is reserved solely

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Ideally, the research of zoning ordinances informs your lease negotiations, so that you can make sure the lease document does not “guarantee” more parking spaces than what your project requires by code. A “guaranteed space” is one that is reserved solely for tenant and tenant guest use, or is a portion of a reserved parking area for tenant use.

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