tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post7465421761912275888..comments2023-09-23T09:32:32.184-04:00Comments on Real Life LEED: Parking Capacity Problems Solved (LEED credit SS4.4)Joel McKellarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06556519233893181810noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-24799026895584276732009-11-12T15:01:47.455-05:002009-11-12T15:01:47.455-05:00I'm working on this issue now with a Core and ...I'm working on this issue now with a Core and Shell research building on a university campus. Question: does the Portland parking guide apply to Option 1 of the Core and Shell 2.0 system?Growing Out Bangshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13435165180724032599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-4952900688721783642009-01-08T11:32:00.000-05:002009-01-08T11:32:00.000-05:00Insert usual caveat about "The following is only a...Insert usual caveat about "The following is only an opinion and I don't assure that any of the following strategies would actually work" here.<BR/><BR/>I would disagree about counting the parking. Though they have a lease for parking, as long as you're not <I>constructing</I> more parking there is a net reduction in parking availability in the region.<BR/><BR/>I would agree that a shuttle between the building and leased lot should not be considered as one of your bus routes. There have been CIRs that said that you can use a shuttle to connect to the necessary public transportation routes though, even if those public stops are outside of the 1/4 or 1/2 mile from your building.joelmckellarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15550241954337769327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-88436372789078870272009-01-06T15:31:00.000-05:002009-01-06T15:31:00.000-05:00This post is so timely as I am currently dealing w...This post is so timely as I am currently dealing with this very credit. I am feeling too lazy to deal with the labyrinthine ways of the CIR pages and am hoping in your travels you may have encountered this scenario. Client is adding on to their facility and in the process eliminating a good portion of parking. So seems like a simple case of checking the box “no new parking” and moving on right? Well, the client advocate then sends me a document trying to go for an ID credit here and proceeds to show me an off-site lease they signed to a nearby parking authority. This effectively INCREASES the total parking available to the project. Here is the question. Do I now have to include the offsite parking as part of the total parking requirements for the project? The client does not own the lot and the spaces already existed. My INTENT meter says “yes, these need to be counted” and I already told them that “NO, you cannot count the shuttle bus from this lot to the facility as an additional bus route.” But this is seeming like one of those REALLY ambiguous areas in LEED that can cause headaches. I also know that some of the new reviewers are crazy difficult (personal experience lately) and I just don’t want to have to get into a proverbial pissing match with them over this. Any ideas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-16845793255458385582009-01-05T19:50:00.000-05:002009-01-05T19:50:00.000-05:00It's not right to judge...It's not right to judge...joelmckellarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15550241954337769327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182743756361189626.post-68075501908589242962009-01-05T19:45:00.000-05:002009-01-05T19:45:00.000-05:00Oh man. This post was extra funny.Oh man. This post was extra funny.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16327244617064696091noreply@blogger.com