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Is there a list of Innovation strategies available to v4 projects?

What happened to all of the operational policies and plans that we could pursue for Innovation credit under LEED v2009?

How do I meet the requirements for the “Community outreach and involvement” innovation option?

I’m confused about how many points I can earn for each strategy (innovation vs pilot credit vs exemplary performance). Is there a limit on each type of strategy if we want to earn all five Innovation points?

We achieved exemplary performance for more than two credits. Can we claim more than two points?

One of the credits we used for exemplary performance didn’t actually end up earning exemplary performance. Can we replace it with a different credit that did?

We didn’t claim one of our credits as an exemplary performance point under INc1 during the design review, but now we’d like to because it earned exemplary performance per the review comments. Is it possible to claim it now?

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NC-v4 INc1:Innovation

Community outreach and involvement

I am working on a New Construction project that is considering pursuing an ID point for Community outreach and involvement.  Looking at the language posted on the innovation catalog (https://www.usgbc.org/node/7433446?return=/credits/new-construction/v4/innovation-catalog) for this point however it looks like the team can either 1) comply with community outreach OR 2) comply with option 1 AND conduct a design charrette or interactive workshop OR 3) Do an endorsement program.

I understand that the language for this credit was pulled from LEEDv4, but am unsure of how to proceed when option 2 is just additional requirements on top of option 1.  Does option 1 alone still meet the requirement?  Was the intention to give you the option of meeting option 2 without the option 1 requirement?

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emily reese moody
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Wed, 08/01/2018 - 02:18

I agree the language posted there is not clear for a project trying to use this as an ID strategy. Sometimes, there's a clarification box at the bottom that states how NC projects can apply it, but I see no other guidance, even on the other tabs. If no one else here can help, I would reach out to USGBC or GBCI and ask for clarification. If that ends up being the case, please report back here with what they tell you.

Mon, 08/06/2018 - 19:51

Thanks Emily.  I contacted the USGBC and got the following response "When using this as an Innovation credit for a BD+C project, the project must demonstrate compliance with Option 1, at a minimum. As this would be an innovation point, however, additional points could not be earned for demonstrating compliance with Option 2 or Option 3. The project could not earn a point for earning the additional Option 2 or Option 3 requirements without demonstrating compliance with Option 1."

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