CalGreen 2016 comparison w/LEEDv4?

Avideh Haghighi

Architect / Sustainability Specialist

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February 12, 2019

Hi everyone, it was so great to meet some of you at the winter summit and finally connect names with faces!

We have a project that is targeting CalGreen Tier 2 and LEEDv4 Platinum. Thought I'd reach out to see if anyone on this forum has found comparison guides between the two? Looking for something similar to this CalGreen 2013 tier comparison with LEED that was distributed by SF building dept...any leads are appreciated :)

-Avideh

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emily reese moody

Sustainability Director, Certifications & Compliance

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Thu, 02/14/2019 - 02:47

Not an exact match, but have you poked around the links here?
https://www.usgbc.org/green-codes-california-acp

Avideh Haghighi

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Thu, 02/14/2019 - 03:12

yes, I have looked at the ACPs (and we are targeting some of these). Still difficult to get an idea of how these credits compare with CALgreen, until we go through the process of documenting the ACPs, I suppose; not to mention, there is a lot of ambiguity on CalGreen Tier 2 and how to even document compliance. It's not as prescriptive as LEED (ie: LEED has a worksheet for almost every credit, where as CalGreen just says "provide documentation"). So I was thinking of working our way backwards - if I know how specific LEED credits compare with CalGreen Tier 2, we could potentially use LEED documentation to comply with CalGreen… (reverse ACPs?). Anyway, getting into the weeds here...if you don't hear from me it's because I've disappeared into the certification vortex!