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A credit that's not in a category?

Is anyone else concerned about the structure of this draft, in that the Integrative Process credit is floating off by itself, outside of any category? Human beings can probably handle that concept, but automated systems relying on data structures will struggle with it. In fact, most will probably have to invent their own category to contain this credit, even if they have to call it the "unclassified credits" category.

Here in LEEDuser, for example, our navigation structure depends on choosing a rating system, then a category, then a credit. Without a category, I don't know how we would lead users to the credit. I strongly encourage USGBC to go ahead and establish the category, even if it only contains one credit, just so everyone uses the same category name.

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Tue, 03/20/2012 - 00:56

Nadav- Agreed! I believe this is a vestige of some out-of-date thinking of how credits would be organized in the new version, and as someone who worked on this credit, I would really love to see it in a category. Better to have it in the Innovation category than in no category at all!

Tue, 03/20/2012 - 19:23

This is reflected in the LEED Public Drafts: Comments on the USGBC website - there is no place to comment on the Integrative Process credit! Are we supposed to comment on the Integrative Process credit and prerequisite in the "General" section? Or maybe in the "Innovation" section?

Tue, 03/20/2012 - 20:55

Yes, Melissa, I found the Integrative Process credit in the "general" section. USGBC's comments application had exactly the problem I described--it had to invent a category for this credit.

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