Perhaps we LEEDuser members can show our support of this concept through agreeing with Tristans open letter. This kind of information can help us understand what works and what does not. We just finished the second year of a very comprehensive M&V process, and even though the building is out performing the model, we are learning a lot about what our tools tell us, and what we can and cannot depend on.

Energy modeling is a tool that we use to make decisions, and we need to understand the limitations of any tool so we can then use it better the next time. I learned that in all my Habitat work!

Also, I attended the program Tristan mentions above, and it was extremely well done. There were great comments from the audiance captured using texts, and I hope that USGBC will take this feedback as constructive and informative critique. We all want the same thing, and feedback is an important aspect of learning in any context.