Just curious about a few things.
1) Why three posts in a row today from 3 people about the challenges of using LEED in China? Did something happen to drive this sudden interest?
2) It seems like these posts are suggestions to try and change LEED for use in China. If so they are misdirected. This website has no influence in changine LEED. You should direct your comments towards www.usgbc.org. And it may be difficult. They usually only accept comments for 45 days out of every 3 years regarding suggested changes to LEED. I submitted 10 suggested changes during the LEED-2009 review process and was not successful in changing LEED on any of them.
3) USGBC is the UNITED STATES Green Building Council. I'm not surprised a system (LEED) designed for use in the US has issues when applied to other countries. I have heard of other countries adopting the LEED rating system for use in their countries. There's the Indian Green Building Council, Canadian Green Building Council, Green Building Council Brazil, and about a dozen others. If your group is so passionate about this you could start the China Green Building Council. Then make a LEED-China rating system that works in China.
4) I agree the Refernce Guide needs more detailed guidance and instruction about many credits. That is why some entrepreneurs started this website to help fill a need. If you have a question about WEc1 try looking it up on this site. If that doesn't help then ask for help. Someone usually responds.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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August 17, 2010 - 9:31 am
The flurry of posts on LEED in China is great, in my opinion.For better or worse, the U.S. version of LEED is being applied in dozens of different countries, often with resulting difficulties. We're happy to have this kind of discussion on the LEEDuser forum.I do agree with Bill and suggest that it would be great if our forum participants from China could share some thoughts on how they've successfully navigate the difficulties of LEED in China—rather than focusing on ways in which LEED should change.I have heard from several sources that USGBC is working on an international-friendly version of LEED. I expect we'll see more on that later this year.
Bill Swanson
Sr. Electrical EngineerIntegrated Design Solutions
LEEDuser Expert
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August 17, 2010 - 9:38 am
I am always curious how people are making LEED work in other countries. They can add very useful information to the forums. There's always more than one person having to deal with a problem. Learning what others did is helpful.