Rating System

LEED BD+C: New Construction

Rating System Version

v2 - LEED 2.2

Inquiry

AMD has had an established commuter benefits program called Go Green. Employees who 1) use alternative transportation (e.g. cycle/walk, carpool, transit, vanpool, and/or telecommute) at least once per week and 2) track in AMD\'s GreenRideTM software are entered into weekly $100 drawings and quarterly $300 drawings. Unlike Go Green in the past, the LEED Preferred Parking Program at the new campus rewards carpools, vanpools and low emissions / fuel efficient vehicles by reserving a total of 10% of parking in preferred areas for these vehicles, using "Go Green" signage. This will help us achieve the LEED-NC SS Credits 4.3 & 4.4. Users of other forms of alternative transportation - transit, cycle and telecommute - are currently not rewarded within the LEED program. There is currently a vacancy of approximately 30% of the total preferred parking spots. This vacancy could be utilized to reward this second group of alternative commuters in a manner consistent with the program for the first group. Proposal: AMD would like to utilize the vacancy in the preferred parking program by extending preferred parking privileges to solo drivers who use alternative transportation on a weekly basis (e.g. carpool, vanpool, cycle, transit and/or telecommute). Every quarter AMD would conduct a random sampling of 5% of transit/cycle/telecommute parking permit holders to verify they are busing/cycling/telecommuting at least once per week, on average over a 1 month period. Those participants not in compliance would lose preferred parking privileges. All compliant participants would also be eligible for the weekly prize drawings mentioned above.