During the process of our split submission information was submitted to GBCI that affected both a prerequisite as well as a credit we were pursuing. The result of the Design Preliminary Submission was that both the prerequisite and associated credit came back as Pending with comments outlining the additional work to be done to achieve both. The result of the Design Final Submission was that the prerequisite came back as Awarded and the credit was listed as Denied. For a number of reasons the Appeals process was never utilized to address the denied credit.
Fast forward a year and I have inherited the LEED submission and am trying to determine what action can be taken to address this denied credit. It seems that in the Final Design Submission criteria in the energy model that was pertinent to both the prerequisite and credit was calculated differently between the two. The project has been built as it was designed and so there are no design changes to warrant resubmission, but it is the manner in which the data was reported that seems to have caused the discrepancy.
My question is that since both the credit and prerequisite were reviewed 2x in the Design Applications and the time period to Appeal has long since passed, am I able to resubmit for the denied credit (and possibly the awarded prerequisite) with the Construction Preliminary Application? If the window for an Appeal between the Design and Construction Submissions has passed do I have any additional opportunity to earn that credit?
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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March 20, 2015 - 7:04 pm
You should be able to still file for an appeal. There really is no time limit to do so. You cannot submit it for a 3rd review in the Construction Preliminary phase.
Brenna Martin-Shaffer
Bohlin Cywinski JacksonMarch 23, 2015 - 2:14 pm
14.1 Appeals Policy "The opportunity to appeal the results of a final review, or the results of a previous appeal, is only available for twenty-five (25) business days after the results of the final review or appeal are published."
So in the above quote from the LEED Certification Policy Manual I understood the "final review" to be both the Final Design and Final Construction Reviews in a split submission. Is it your understanding that this is referring to the Final Construction Submission only?
Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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March 23, 2015 - 2:32 pm
Rules are meant to be extended. I am certain that USGBC would be happy to take your money for an appeal even after the 25 day period.
Final review would apply to both phases.