Judge Sand said, “Because there is no requirement that a builder hire LEED-accredited professionals to attain LEED certification".
However in LEED 2012 it would appear that to complete a LEED program on a building in any of the rating systems 'you' would need to hold the LEED AP in that rating system:
[At least one (1) principal participant of the project team shall be a LEED Accredited Professional (AP) with a specialty most appropriate for the project.
In addition, two (2) individuals representing primary disciplines on the project are required to be LEED APs (any specialty) or Green Associates.] taken from LEED 2012 draft.
Might this prove to be the loophole that the plaintiff would need?
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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August 18, 2011 - 12:01 pm
Barry, the LEED AP credit is and would remain a credit, not a prerequisite. And since that credit has been around since the beginning of LEED, I can't imagine it changing anything about this case now.Also, check out the second public comment draft of LEED 2012. They have softened the requirement of additional personnel.
Barry Giles
Founder & CEO, LEED Fellow, BREEAM FellowBuildingWise LLC
LEEDuser Expert
338 thumbs up
August 18, 2011 - 12:24 pm
Thanks Tristan. I noticed the softening from the first round, still I wonder how many revisions it will be before this moves to a prereq? Fancy a bet on it?
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11475 thumbs up
August 18, 2011 - 12:47 pm
I would bet against it becoming a prereq. If USGBC doesn't like the backlash they have already been getting on the LEED AP exam, LEED AP specialy, opt-ins, CE requirements, and now requiring a specialty for the LEED AP credit, how much worse would all that be if it were a prereq in LEED?My opinion, which I've submitted to USGBC as a public comment, is to end the LEED AP credit, since the intent of it is better addressed through the Integrated Process credit. But I don't see them going in that direction soon, either.