Does anyone have any insight on whether Education is still an acceptable way for a project to achieve an Innovation credit point under LEEDv4?
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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May 12, 2014 - 2:39 pm
Yes, the v4 reference guide explicitly mentions education, in similar terms to what the 2009 reference guide says.
Lorne Mlotek
BASc., LEED AP BD+C, O+MLeadingGREEN Training and Consulting Inc, Viridis EC LLC
25 thumbs up
June 9, 2014 - 5:38 pm
In the final paragraph, "Achieve exemplary performance in an existing LEED 2012 prerequisite or credit that allows exemplary performance, as specified in the LEED Reference Guide, 2012 edition. An exemplary performance point is typically earned for achieving double the credit requirements or the next incremental percentage threshold."
Are we now to refer to LEED V4 ref guide, not 2012?
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11474 thumbs up
June 9, 2014 - 11:09 pm
Yes, v4. That's a typo that's being fixed.
Lorne Mlotek
BASc., LEED AP BD+C, O+MLeadingGREEN Training and Consulting Inc, Viridis EC LLC
25 thumbs up
June 10, 2014 - 1:37 am
Right on! Thanks.
Charalampos Giannikopoulos
Senior Sustainability ConsultantDCarbon
84 thumbs up
November 19, 2014 - 10:08 am
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Deborah Lucking
Director of SustainabilityFentress Architects
LEEDuser Expert
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July 18, 2017 - 3:01 pm
Tristan,
would we still be able to pursue the Education credit the same way as LEED 2009 (i.e. min 2 different methods of outreach), and AS WELL pursue the O&M Innovation Credit: Occupant Engagement?
I'm doubtful about that, but ever optimistic!
Trista Brown
Project DirectorWSP USA
449 thumbs up
July 20, 2017 - 6:01 pm
Good question, my initial reaction is probably not because of the overlap in intent, and because the Occupant Engagement option requires a level of ongoing tracking of strategies and performance than an NC project would typically support. Also, based on the published Innovation Catalog on USGBC's website, NC projects can pursue Green Building Education but I don't see Occupant Engagement listed as an option. If you go to the Innovation Catalog for O&M, both are listed, so I think O&M projects have a choice for which one they want to pursue. Whether O&M projects can pursue both would be the next logical question...