You would need 7 spaces.

LEED, and codes for that matter, require you to round up with any fraction.

Jim

I’m glad you feel the Walkthrough is useful. Thanks!

Regarding your question, you will calculate the GRAND TOTAL parking spots including the handicap (again, this is for the calculation). The reference guide states to calculate it from the “total number of parking spaces in the project…”

I think the whole “exclude
spaces designated for handicapped thing is just so that you don’t forget that although this is “preferred parking” on the lot, the handicapped spaces take precedence, meaning, they get the “best spots”.

You can take a look at this string on the ARE forum that is about this exact question. Hope it helps!

http://www.areforum.org/forums/view_topic.php?id=51678

In credit SS 4.3 when you calculate the % preffered parking do you exclude the parking reserved for handicapped from the GRAND TOTAL parking and then calculate or the calculation is on reckoned on GRAND TOTAL parking only including handicapped parking.

Please clarify.

I don’t beleive the Owners are required to buy cars to people, just preffered parking for hyrbids and such.

The answer is a whole number, 9, as you take 0.03*FTE. FTE in this case is 200 for full time and 100 for half time. Peak users are insignificant for this equation (You’re probably thinking of Bicycle Storage and Changing Rooms).

Therefore, the calculated answer is:

0.03 * 300 = 9

Hope this helps! Thanks!

Thanks for this clarification. I appreciate your on-going work on this website.

Gary

I don’t know where Desmand got this question from. From my understanding, it’s not something that is required to know for the exam. The ERG is a link on the USGBC website as a resource, however:

http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=76

Where in the world did you find this question and any reference to the ERG? I cannot find any reference to the Environmental Resource Guide anywhere in the Reference Guide or on the website, so why would it be required knowledge for the exam?

Gary

“For the purposes of this credit, low-emitting and fuel-efficient vehicles are defined as vehicles that are either classified as Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) by the California Air Resources Board or have achieved a minimum green score of 40 on the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) anual vehicle rating guide.”

Here is an except from a description of the Environmental Resource Guide (ERG):

“The ERG gives architects and others in the building industry a basis for comparing the environmental impact of building materials, products and systems. It provides a consistent format for assessing the environmental impacts of building materials from their original extraction and manufacture to their final disposal or reuse. The ERG was launched by the AIA in 1992 with funding from the EPA to create a simplified methodology for assessing the environmental impact of building materials, and as a vehicle for disseminating that information to the building community at large. The AIA Press has brought in Wiley as a publishing partner to improve its content, format, packaging and marketing.”

This being said, I would go with A – anybody else have a thought?

THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE GUIDE IS A:
A. COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE DOCUMENTING MATERIALS’ LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS
B. PUBLICATION OF THE EPA’S LIST OF APPROVED PRODUCTS
C. DOCUMENT OF FEDERAL GUIDELINES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES
D. ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND OUTFLOW

MAYBE YOU GIVE ME THE CORRECT ANSWER?