LEED EBOM group certification

Isabel Santos

ECOCHOICE SA

LEEDuser Basic Member

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February 18, 2014

Dear all, I have a question about LEED EBOM group registration and certification fees. My company is analyzing two office buildings that are very similar and we are trying to understand what could be the advantages (in terms of costs) of joining these two buildings in a single Group Project Certification. We have analyzed the “Registration and Certification Fees” section (http://www.usgbc.org/cert-guide/fees#campus) and we couldn’t quite understand the fees applied. There is a registration fee “$1,200 per building or space within group” in section Group Certification Approach (for Organizational Level or Non-members). Regarding certification fees, how do we calculate the fees applied for these two buildings?

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Michael Smithing

Director - Green Building Advisory

Colliers International Ltd.

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Tue, 02/18/2014 - 17:10

I haven't followed the fees in a while, but when they finally released the Group Project Certification fees there was no discount - I assume that this has not changed. Essentially, the cost is the same as certifying the buildings separately, the benefit is to the project team as you can save on documentation - they will only question you once on your plans, policies, etc. if I understand correctly. By the time they released the group program the two identical buildings I was certifying were well advanced in the process.

Donald Green

Sr Project Manager / Operations Manager

Progressive AE

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Tue, 02/18/2014 - 17:20

That is correct, no discounts... GBCI proposes that you can save documentation time but that saved time is not reflected in the saved review time - i.e. a discount in the fees. Group can help if you have a problem site and can't create multiple LEED Boundaries to meet the MPR's or you have issues with documentation of SS credits. You must also have similar building types or you need to look at a Master Site.