Marilyn Specht
LEED AP (ND, O+M), WELL AP, LFA, Fitwel Ambassador, EcoDistricts AP
SmithGroup
Senior Principal | Director of Sustainability Integration
CS-2009 SSc4.2: Alternative transportation - bicycle storage and changing rooms 2 points
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Intent
To reduce pollution and land development impacts from automobile use.Requirements
Case 1: Commercial or institutional projects 300,000 square feet or less
Provide secure bicycle racks and/or storage within 200 yards of a building entrance for 3% or more of all building users (measured at peak periods) Provide shower and changing facilities in the building, or within 200 yards of a building entrance, for 0.5% of full-time equivalent (FTE) occupants.Case 2: Commercial or institutional projects larger than 300,000 square feet
Provide secure bicycle storage for 3% of the occupants for up to 300,000 square feet, then an additional 0.5% for the occupants for the space over 300,000 square feet. Mixed-use buildings with a total gross square footage greater than 300,000 square feet must apply this calculation for each use of the building.Provide shower and changing facilities in the building, or within 200 yards of a building entrance, for 0.5% of FTE occupants.
Case 3: Residential projects
Provide covered storage facilities for securing bicycles for 15% or more of building occupants. Case 3 must be used by residential buildings or the residential portion of a mixed use building.All cases
See Appendix 1 — Default Occupancy Counts for occupancy count requirements and guidance.Streamlined path available
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© Copyright U.S. Green Building Council, Inc. All rights reserved.
Intent
To reduce pollution and land development impacts from automobile use.Requirements
Case 1: Commercial or institutional projects 300,000 square feet or less
Provide secure bicycle racks and/or storage within 200 yards of a building entrance for 3% or more of all building users (measured at peak periods) Provide shower and changing facilities in the building, or within 200 yards of a building entrance, for 0.5% of full-time equivalent (FTE) occupants.Case 2: Commercial or institutional projects larger than 300,000 square feet
Provide secure bicycle storage for 3% of the occupants for up to 300,000 square feet, then an additional 0.5% for the occupants for the space over 300,000 square feet. Mixed-use buildings with a total gross square footage greater than 300,000 square feet must apply this calculation for each use of the building.Provide shower and changing facilities in the building, or within 200 yards of a building entrance, for 0.5% of FTE occupants.
Case 3: Residential projects
Provide covered storage facilities for securing bicycles for 15% or more of building occupants. Case 3 must be used by residential buildings or the residential portion of a mixed use building.All cases
See Appendix 1 — Default Occupancy Counts for occupancy count requirements and guidance.Streamlined path available
Achievement of this credit can be documented via a LEED ND v2009 submittal. For more information check out this article.Checklists
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The motherlode of cheat sheets
LEEDuser’s Documentation Toolkit is loaded with calculators to help assess credit compliance, tracking spreadsheets for materials, sample templates to help guide your narratives and LEED Online submissions, and examples of actual submissions from certified LEED projects for you to check your work against. To get your plaque, start with the right toolkit.
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Marilyn Specht
LEED AP (ND, O+M), WELL AP, LFA, Fitwel Ambassador, EcoDistricts AP
SmithGroup
Senior Principal | Director of Sustainability Integration