Hi LEED professionals,
I found a trend in Canadian LEED registered and certified projects from CaGBC website. you can view image at https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7NQw3u67pVoam5yZnJVUWVqTXM
can you give your reviews what are the probable reason for peaks in LEED projects during 2009-10 and can same be predicted for 2017-18? We all know how LEED has became famous and its interesting to note such peaks.
Thank you in advance for your feedback
Aaron Smith
Mechanical EngineerM & R Engineering
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May 24, 2017 - 10:40 pm
For us, we saw an increase in 2009/10 due to stimulus spending from the federal government. The same thing is happing now. Government projects generally require LEED certification.
Guillaume Martel
Architect PartnerProvencher Roy Architectes
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May 25, 2017 - 10:31 am
Althought there was a peak in government funding, the simpler answer regarding "registration" is that the CaGBC closed registration for LEED 1.0 on June 2010. A lot of companies, developper and owners registered projects before the sunset date to keep using the older version.
I think we can expect the same peak in 2016-2017, as LEED 2009 registration closed on October 2016. A lot of people have probably registered projects to keep using that version instead of moving to LEEDv4.
The sunset dates for the older systems are 6 years past the end of regitration, thus giving time to owners plan and build already funded projects.
You could probably expect a peak of certification in 2017 also, as the 1.0 rating systems will expire on June 21st 2017 and all project must have completed the process by then.
https://www.cagbc.org/CAGBC/Programs/LEED/CommercialInstitutional/Rating...
Nirwair Singh Bajwa
SUSTAINABILITY SCHOLAR, LEED GREEN ASSOCIATESTANTEC CONSTRUCTION
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May 26, 2017 - 11:04 am
Thank you Guillaume and Aaron. Your feedback is very helpful.