Air Force sheild Sustainability Toolkit
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LEED Guidance

 

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SS Credit 4.2
SS Credit 4.2: Alternative Transportation: Bicycle Storage & Changing Rooms
1 Point

Intent
Reduce pollution and land development impacts from automobile use.

Requirements
For commercial or institutional buildings, provide secure bicycle racks and/or storage (within 200 yards of a building entrance) for 5% or more of all building users (measured at peak periods), AND, provide shower and changing facilities in the building, or within 200 yards of a building entrance, for 0.5% of Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) occupants.

OR

For residential buildings, provide covered storage facilities for securing bicycles for 15% or more of building occupants in lieu of changing/shower facilities.

Potential Technologies & Strategies
Design the building with transportation amenities such as bicycle racks and showering/changing facilities.