FYI - GBCI has announced a new pricing structure for LEED projects effective December 1, 2016. All projects registered on/after this date are held to the new pricing model. All projects registered before this date have the option to pre-pay their fees at the old rate, however, the fees must be paid in-full by March 1, 2017. I would assume that you would need to reach out to GBCI directly for a special pre-invoice and that the LEED Online system would not have the pre-pay capacity built-in.
http://www.usgbc.org/articles/leed-pricing-update-effective-december-1?m...
Sara Goenner Curlee
Sustainability Manager and ArchitectPope Design Group
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December 2, 2016 - 4:49 pm
Does anybody have a copy of what the rates were prior to the change? Now that we are into December, I can't find them. I'd like to compare potental savings, and didn't have the old rates memorized.
Kristina Bach
VP of InnovationSustainable Investment Group
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December 8, 2016 - 9:48 am
I reached out to USGBC with that same question. You can find the previous fees still in the 2012-version of the LEED Certification Policy (http://www.usgbc.org/resources/leed-certification-policy-manual). They recommended saving a copy of that resource now as that document will probably be taken down when next revised by their Legal team.
There is one revision to that document that they also noted in their email response:
For projects submitted or prepaid prior to March 1, LEED EBOM Recertification fees are as follows:
- Less than 50,000 sq ft -- $2,000 ($1,500 for Silver or higher members)
- 50,000-500,000 sq ft -- $0.04/gsf ($0.03/gsf for Silver or higher members)
- More than 500,000 sq ft -- $20,000 ($15,000 for Silver or higher members)
Sara Goenner Curlee
Sustainability Manager and ArchitectPope Design Group
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December 8, 2016 - 10:04 am
Thanks Kristina! Perfect.
Jareb Ketay
PrincipalGHT Limited
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January 19, 2017 - 10:11 am
Hey Kristina and Sara,
For projects recertifying at the new rates, has the "certification rate cut in half" fee been done away with? Do all projects, regardless of whether they're an initial certification or a recertification, have to pay the same rates?
Thanks!
Jake