LEED credits for Bike Parking

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LEED points are applied to the Sustainable Sites (SS) category and qualify under SS Credit 4.2:

Alternative Transportation:  

Bicycle Changing and Storage Rooms for 1-2 points. 

For recycled content in particular, 

LEED points apply to the Materials & Resources (MR) category and qualify under MR Credit 4.1/ 4.2.

The typical re-melt rate for stainless steel is between 60 and 85%. Our products are at least 60% recycled.

All stainless steel products are 100% recyclable

 The average recycled content of the steel used to manufacture our bike parking racks is at least 20% and can reach as high as 75%. 

Intent 

Reduce automobile use and land development for a continual decrease in pollution levels. 

Requirements 

To qualify for this credit, buildings that are commercial, residential and/or institutional must provide secure bicycle parking within 200 yards of an entrance to the building. 

The guidelines below must be met or exceeded:

• Commercial/Institutional Buildings: Bike racks must be provided for 5% or more of all building occupants measured during peak use. Showering facilities must also be provided in order to qualify.

• Residential Buildings: There must be covered facilities for bike racks/storage for 15% of the occupants. Showering facilities are not required.

Potential Additional Point for Exemplary Performance

One innovation point for “exemplary performance in alternative transportation” can be obtained by creating a complete alternative transportation plan for occupants within the building that will result in a variable decrease in single occupancy vehicles.

Examples include alternative transportations such as biking and walking, public transit options, carpooling and telecommuting.

Since 1991 Park a Bike has represented every bike corrals, bicycle lockers and bike shelter company in the country. With a vast amount of knowledge gained from experience in this industry and from other businesses owned by Bauer, Park A Bike continues its vertical integration from being a distributor to a manufacturer with its own signature product line that adds simplicity, value, and environmentally safe products.
 
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Planning Your Bike Corral for Your City

Converting car parking stalls into bike parking corrals is fast becoming the go green option in communities across the country. Cities can reduce the number of bikes that clutter downtown sidewalks, which often impede on pedestrian walkway space, as bikes are commonly found tipped over or intruding onto common walkways

On average, cities can convert one car space into 10 bike parking spaces. By doing so, this will: Financially benefit businesses

• Allow sidewalk seating options
• Lessen toxic motor vehicle emissions
• Promote healthy living
• Encourage bicycling as a viable means of transportation 

As you begin your planning for on street bicycle parking, we must first note a few key points and opportunities to best make your project a success.

Streets where bike corrals are being installed are not flat and often have slopes, most commonly to the curb, for water runoff. So why is this issue? Unlike cars, bikes don't have parking brakes or the ability to turn their wheel to contact a curb as a safety measure. Therefore, bikes front wheels can slip and slide, causing bikes to tip and fall over.

 A solution you can offer bicyclists is a rack that docks their bike. Park a Bike starts every Corral with its Varsity Bike Dock.

The Varsity Bike Dock allows your bike parking to be organized and contained and the bikes won't be susceptible to sliding or slipping with elevation changes in the street as they commonly do with older style racks.

Our patented wheel trough design controls the bike's footprint.The angle of the troughs helps offset handlebars to avoid handlebar conflict, and our hardened steel locking loops provide the highest level of security while offering bike parkers the feasibility of locking their front wheel and frame to the dock.

Everything about the Varsity Bike Docks is made for the end user.

Once the configurations of docks are set, choose your perimeter. We can go as contained as our "Roundup Bike Corral", as intuitive as our best-selling "PitStop Bike Corral" or as ornamental as you would like it to be. Once we start with the proper bike docks at the core, the rest is a ride in the park.

Since 1991 Park a Bike has represented every bike rack, bike corrals, bike parking corrals, bike storage shed, bike locker and bike shelter company in the country. With a vast amount of knowledge gained from experience in this industry and from other businesses owned by Bauer,

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