Hi all,

I have several California projects (that are all LEED 2009) and thought that getting this credit via BUG ratings would be a slam dunk since these projects all have CALGreen requirements that include BUG rating compliance. As far as I can tell, the requirements overlap completely with the LEED requirements. And yet, on every one of these projects, I am struggling to get any BUG rating documentation out of the project teams. I am being told with a shrug that BUG ratings come from the suppliers (as if the mounting height and orientation play no part) and some provide it and some don't. If I were pursuing CALGreen based alternate compliance on these projects via LEED v4, I would get this credit outright without having to demonstrate anything.

So what's the deal? Am I missing something? I'm getting the impression that CA municipalities are not actually enforcing CALGreen so teams aren't actually having to demonstrate compliance and that GBCI is therefore giving them credit through alternate compliance for things they aren't actually doing. Can anyone with CA projects confirm how they are going about this?