Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction, LEED BD+C: Schools, LEED ID+C: Commercial Interiors

Rating System Version

v3 - LEED 2009, v3 - LEED 2009, v3 - LEED 2009

Inquiry

This Core and Shell v2.0 project includes 12 stories of parking within a 40 story commercial office building. There will be a total of 1,454 parking spaces in the building. Of these, 73 spaces will be designated as Low-Emitting/Fuel Efficient vehicle parking to meet SSc4.3 credit requirements. Only building workers/employees will be permitted to park in the garage, and all visitors will be required to use the garage valet service. To enter the building, employees must park in the garage and then take an elevator to the main floor entrance. Occupants may not enter the building at any entrance other than the main ground level entrance. \n \nBuilding tenants will need to pay for parking spaces for their employees and will have the choice to purchase non-assigned parking spaces or assigned spaces (assigned spaces will be "preferred" and also more expensive). \n\nThe owner considers the designation of "preferred" spaces closest to the elevator vestibules for LE/FE vehicles to be a market barrier. Users pay a premium to park close to elevators in this market, and revenue generated is essential to funding building operations. As stated in the USGBC LEED CS Reference Guide v2.0, "For projects that demonstrate market barriers to the definition of \'preferred parking closest to the main entrance,\' alternatives to may be considered on a case-by-case basis." \n\nThe project proposes to provide dedicated parking spaces for LE/FE vehicles within 100 feet of the elevator vestibules. The farthest parking space from the elevator vestibule is 260 feet. We feel this approach is able to provide preferred spaces for green cars without cutting into the revenue the owner needs to generate from the premium slots closest to the elevators. In total, at least 73 spaces(5%) within 100 feet of the elevator vestibules will be designated parking for LE/FE vehicles. \n