Im assuming it would not be D because the project is located in a “rural” industrial development. Due to its location, it would not be accessible to train and bus lines.

The owner of a LEED project in a rural industrial development has decided to seek LEED certification just prior to the construction process, and the owner is concerned about added design costs. What credits might you recommend on this project: (choose 3)
A. EQc8 Daylight & View
B. EAc6 Green Power
C. SSc 4.3 Alternative Transportation
D. SSc 4.1 Alternative Transportation
E. IDc 2, LEED Accredited Professional

Answer are BCE. I wondered why not D? instead of C?
What are the design involved in SSc4.1?

Thanks!

Can I earn an ID point with the transportation plan from SS 4.2 – SS 4.4, AND an ID point with doubling the threshold from SS 4.1?

The basic info for this answer is in the reference guide text. I should have been clearer in my answer to you. The rest of my answer is from working on a project for a campus – we didn’t have a CIR for this, it just came up with the LEED AP at that time who was on the team.

When you read about the strategies and the approach to exemplary credit for the alternative transportation credits, you can get a bigger picture about the goals of LEED relating to all the SS credits. I have heard that the next revision of LEED will be even more focused on site development with all its implications.

Thank you for the response on the shuttle service — that does make perfect sense. Can you please point me to where in the CIR’s or the NC reference guide this is specifically taken from?

I can’t find it… and I am worried that there’s more of these bits that I might have missed in my review.

“New Construction and Major Renovations Exam” is the one you should select.

Good luck!

-Commercial Interiors Exam
-Existing Buildings Exam
-Leed AP + Operations and Maintenance Exam
-Leed Green Associates Exam
-New Construction and Major Renovations Exam

Which is the appropriate test?

Even though it’s not (yet) a quantifiable requirement the intent is to facilitate the use of viable sites and existing buildings in locations which are underserved by public transportation. It keeps the onus on the project owner/developer. I wouldn’t be surprised if this shuttle option becomes more stringent like the exemplary performance option in the SS 4 credits.

Q: A project building in a suburban area is located 5 miles from the nearest public rail line. The building will have 100 regular occupants and an average of 20 visitors per day. What is true about the project team’s ability to achieve SSc 4.1.

A: (According to the guide) is (F) The project can achieve the credit by providing shuttle services, regardless of their degree of use. I had selected (D) the project cannot achieve the credit.

My question has to do with the intent of the credit… what’s the point of using public transportation if the access to the public rail line is via an unqualified shuttle service that has no quantifiable frequency of use? I haven’t found reference to this answer in either the LEED AP Walkthrough or in the LEED NC Reference Guide. Please help.

For S4.1, there is a special extra credit thing you can do. It’s outlined in the errata post I just did, which can be located here. I need to spend a little bit of time to update a few credits on my site for the new erratas, my apologies to all.

Here you go:

http://www.intheleed.com/leed-reference-guide-errata/

Their definition of a transit bus is one that picks up people at a location and then drops them off at another – and that’s their sole purpose (with no stops in between). Like a “park and ride” location, for example. Those are those locations where people park their cars and then a bus (usually a shorter bus), picks up a group of people and takes them to a specific office or location. I guess LEED knows this has more of an environmental impact, therefore they don’t count these types of busses.

A commuter rail station is your normal bus stop that is on a bus line that stops at several places.

Let me know if that helps!

Park & Ride locations for buses are not equivalent to commuter rail stations. LEED recognizes that the environmental impacts of these two different transportation modes differ significantly. Transit buses consume an average of approximately 70% more energy per passenger mile than commuter rail.