LEED AP certificate

Rowena Rawte

Global Head of Sustainability

HY M&E Consultancy Pte. Ltd.

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January 22, 2020

Is the LEED AP certificate of BD+C accepted for ID+C projects? Or would a Legacy LEED AP certificate be accepted - We have both persons working on the project not sure which to upload. Can someone provide a clarification?

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Maria Porter

Sustainability specialist

Skanska Sweden

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Wed, 01/22/2020 - 08:12

Hi!
I Think you will find the response under step 1 in the reference guide, page 786. SteP 1. enGAGe Leed AP with SPeCiALtY
Identify a project team member who is a LEED AP with specialty, or engage a LEED AP with specialty to
support the project and participate in the certifcation process.
· Select a team member with a LEED AP Building Design & Construction (LEED AP BD+C) credential.
· The LEED AP with specialty identifed for this credit must have an active credential at the time of
certifcation review (see Further Explanation, Maintaining a LEED Credential).
· LEED aPs without specialty (legacy LEED aPs) do not qualify for this credit.

Rowena Rawte

Global Head of Sustainability

HY M&E Consultancy Pte. Ltd.

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Wed, 01/22/2020 - 08:22

Hi Maria, Page 786 is for v4. Do you know if the same applies for v2009? Page 422 of the LEED v2009 ID+C guide states (under the implementation header) that CONSIDER selecting a LEED AP experienced with LEED CI. Its doesn't appear to force the issue and we were wondering if our credit would pass with a BD+C LEED AP certificate or not? Can you provide additional light on this? Thanks.

Maria Porter

Sustainability specialist

Skanska Sweden

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Thu, 01/23/2020 - 10:59

Rowena, Oh, sorry didn’t see the v2009 (wonder how I ended up seeing your question, think they are sometimes strangely linked?). Because the same wording is in v4 CI as in NC/CS. For 2009 I can only go from experience: I have BD+C specialty AP. And I have successfully submitted and earned credit in two CI v2009 projects with this in 2014. So you should be fine then! With both the legacy and the BD+C person. Just chose one!

Rowena Rawte

Global Head of Sustainability

HY M&E Consultancy Pte. Ltd.

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Fri, 01/24/2020 - 04:44

Hi Maria, Yes I understand. A lot of the text is similar in the guides. Thank you so much, your response is very reassuring. I have the Legacy LEED AP and the BD+C Specialty AP certificate. My colleague has the BD+C Specialty AP certificate which we have uploaded. So I think we should have this one in. I appreciate the time you have taken to provide guidance on the question. Take care.