Hello everyone, I am working on a LEED project and I am the person responsible for gathering and uploading the LEED data into the USGBC data base. My CE reporting date is coming up soon. I have spent many hours working on this LEED project can these hours be used towards CE hours and do I need any other continuing education credits to meet my CE hours for this two year period? Thanks in Advance ... Richard Metts, CPC, LEED AP BD+C
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Bipin Karki
Sustainability Project Manager87 thumbs up
June 11, 2019 - 7:58 am
Hello Richards:
You can earn CE hours working on the LEED projects. As per USGBC "Work on projects registered for LEED certification count for 1 rating system-specific CE hour per credit or feature for credential holders working on projects certified under the system or standard related to their credential. Project administrators can claim an additional 2 CE hours per project."If you had worked on a project that is registered for LEED certification, it will count for one LEED-specific CE hour per credit. If you worked as a project administrators, you can earn two additional CE hours per project. Please refer to this CMP guide at: https://www.usgbc.org/resources/cmp-guide for more information regarding reporting CE hours. Hope it helps!
Kristina Bach
VP of InnovationSustainable Investment Group
151 thumbs up
June 11, 2019 - 9:32 am
Per the GBCI CMP Guide, you're able to claim 1 CE per each credit within a LEED project you worked on. They don't allow you to claim the full/actual amount of time you spend working on the project or documenting the credit - you're only allowed to claim 1 hour per credit. When you report those hours, be prepared to list specifically which credits you worked on/are claiming. This is particularly true for if you work on projects that overlap your various reporting periods and might be claiming hours under both periods. You're not allowed to double-count hours/credits under different periods, so you'd have to use different credits (for example, you might report MRc2 and MRc4 under Period A and then IEQc4 and IEQc6 under Period B). Also as a reminder, the hours count as LEED-specific only for their same Rating System Suite (i.e. work on a LEED-NC project would be considered specific for the BD+C credential but not for the ID+C credential).
Richard Metts
CPC, LEED AP BD+CDurotech, Inc.
3 thumbs up
June 11, 2019 - 10:35 am
Thanks for the excellent information Kristina and for taking time to answer my questions very much appreciated. Rich
Richard Metts
CPC, LEED AP BD+CDurotech, Inc.
3 thumbs up
June 12, 2019 - 3:10 pm
Thanks for the link and information Bipin and for taking time to add additional clarification which is very much appreciated. Rich
Deborah Lucking
Director of SustainabilityFentress Architects
LEEDuser Expert
258 thumbs up
June 18, 2019 - 1:26 pm
I have a further question. Do I need to have at least 24 General CE hours in addition to however many LEED project hours I report? E.g., if I reported 30 LEED project hours and 0 CE hours, is that sufficient for renewal? That used to be the case; have the rules changed?
Thanks,
Richard Metts
CPC, LEED AP BD+CDurotech, Inc.
3 thumbs up
June 18, 2019 - 2:19 pm
Hello Deborah, direct LEED project hours count towards your LEED Specific Hours and no you would not need any CE hours. The 30 hours fulfill the continuing education requirement. Be sure your thirty hours are towards specific LEED credits that you helped achieve. This is a very helpful link concerning the Credential Maintenance Program - "CMP Guide" https://www.usgbc.org/resources/cmp-guide
Rasha Younan
ArchitectGGLO Design
August 3, 2023 - 11:20 am
Question, who should be on the project reference name / phone etc. I'm the Project Administrator