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Plenty of options
This credit offers a variety of strategies for residential, non-residential and mixed use projects. These strategies help to reduce the number of cars on the road, cut down on the sprawl of parking facilities, and decrease the negative environmental impacts of parking infrastructure, including stormwater runoff and the urban heat islandA densely populated area in which pavement and buildings absorb, store, and release solar energy, making the vicinity warmer than it would be if the pavement and buildings were not present. effect.
Getting mileage out of your efforts
Assess the location and context of your project to make sure that carpooling,...
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9 Comments
Rideshare Program
I have a mixed-use building that is over 90% office, with only 4 residential units. I am considering adding carpool stalls and a single-page handout with some of the websites and tools listed in this credit. I am having trouble thinking of additional ways to encourage ride sharing between 4 condos. What else could be done to "provide infrastructure for a ride share program"? What do the reviewers expect?
Previosly multi-storey car park
My project is a office/hotell project. In the project scope there will be no new parking provided but for some time ago there was a multi-storey car park buildt nearby which will provide our project with parking spaces. What is the best way to achive this point, can the project just say that no new parking will be provided (that´s true though)? That doesn't seams right because the project will have a bunch of parking spaces in the multi-storey car park, that is already buildt.
Thanks!
I think you can ear this credit since no new parking is technically being provided. If you feel guilty about that you could choose not to pursue the credit, or you could implement other measures to reduce transportation impacts.
Credit Template for SS4.4
I am pursuing this credit through Case 1 Option 1 for a Core and Shell project.
There seems to be a problem with the credit template, as the template is directing my project to select the option of preferred parkingPreferred parking, available to particular users, includes designated spaces close to the building (aside from designated handicapped spots), designated covered spaces, discounted parking passes, and guaranteed passes in a lottery system. or discounted parking.
Anyone managed that issue before?
I would send a feedback note to GBCI via LEED Online. They are typically responsive to issues with forms not working properly.
Also check that you don't have BETA form (this is noted at the bottom) and if you do, ask GBCI to update it.
Optn 4: 25% less Pkng. than App. Std. in '03 ITE Pkg. Gen. study
Where can the pertinent information (recommended #of spaces) from the ITE study be found? A copy of the 2004 study is available for purchase on the ITE website for $118.75 for non-members. I would hope there is a another way to obtian this information for LEED purposes?
Hi, there is a post that reviews the ITE study and what it contains here on LEEDuser.
For better or for worse, the information in the study is fairly unique and probably impossible to summarize in a brief form for LEED.
I am pursuing this credit through case 1, option 4 but on leedonline form option 4 does not appear as an option.
Must I go through an alternative compliance approach?
Yes, Option 4 was added relatively recently so may not be included in LEED Online. You should document as an altternative compliance path, as you suggest.
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