Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction

Rating System Version

v2 - LEED 2.2

Inquiry

Our project is a retail project registered under the LEED-NC v2.2 rating system. We would like to pursue an alternate compliance path for SS credit 4.2 based on the LEED-NC for Retail pilot program requirements for SSc4 Option B: Bicycle Commuting, which has the same credit intent as the LEED-NC v2.2 credit SSc4.2 to "reduce pollution and land development impacts from automobile use". Can we achieve this credit by providing bike racks for building users sized for 1% of the retail store\'s customers and 5% of employees and instituting a bike maintenance program (providing and maintaining a bike repair kit in the store for customer and employee use) according to the Retail pilot program credit requirements? Also related to this question, we would like to know if the four pre-approved ID credits from the Retail pilot program (Occupant Recycling Program, Reduced Mercury in Light Bulbs, Green Housekeeping, and Green Educational Program), which appear to be based on credits in the LEED-EB rating system, are transferable to LEED-NC v2.2 projects?