Possibly a bit of a rookie question but...
The scorecard page has a drop down which denotes the status of the credit. I am struggling to work out the terminology in some instances- for example what is the difference between a credit which has been marked as "Approved" to one that is "Anticipated"?
Thanks,
Susie
TODD REED
Energy Program SpecialistPA DMVA
LEEDuser Expert
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December 21, 2015 - 7:38 am
Approved means it was earned. Anticipated means it was reviewed and there are no issues, this is marked in the prelim. It will be noted as approved once the final review occurs.
Susannah Goddard
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December 21, 2015 - 9:04 am
Thank you Todd.
This project has been through 2 rounds of (Design) review though so isn't at a Prelim stage. Wonder if it has something to do with it being a Campus project?
TODD REED
Energy Program SpecialistPA DMVA
LEEDuser Expert
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December 21, 2015 - 9:29 am
Susannah,can you clarify some things. You said it has been through two rounds of design review? So was it submitted as combined D/C (Design/Construction) or did you do a split submission, that is you submitted the design credits first then construction? If its been through two reviews, the credits should be noted as either awarded or denied. What does the review report have the credits noted as?
A project gets a preliminary review and a final review. At the end of the final review the credit should be noted as either awarded or denied. You cannot have two design reviews, you can have a preliminary review of the design credits and then a final review of the design credits. Same with the construction credits, a preliminary and a final.
Kristina Bach
VP of InnovationSustainable Investment Group
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December 21, 2015 - 9:33 am
I believe it's also a distinction they use for projects which undergo a split review. During the Design Phase, everything is marked as "Anticipated" rather than "Approved". This is because something could potentially change during construction which would impact previously "anticipated" credits and you'd have to provide more clarifications. During the Construction Phase, items are then marked as "Approved."
An example of why this is: Your parking lot design might change during construction and you might add 50 more spaces. In that case, the parking-, hardscape-, and landscape-related credits might all need new clarifications to confirm you still continue to meet the credit requirements with the new design.
My understanding is that everything that is "Anticipated" from the Design Phase gets updated to officially "Approved" once the Construction Phase is complete. Unless you have a design change which would impact the status of a previously-anticipated credit, the distinction between "Anticipated" and "Approved" really isn't anything to worry about.
Susannah Goddard
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December 21, 2015 - 9:45 am
Hi Todd and Kristina. Thanks for your comments.
The project was submitted as a split review. It has been through the Prelim and Final design review and we are currently working to appeal one of the design stage credits before moving on to the Construction review.
Looking again at the scorecard, the only credits marked as "Approved" are actually the PI forms, the rest are all "Anticipated". So I guess in line with Kristina's comments this is because of the split review and that they are will not be "Approved" until the Construction review (but are essentially OK).
Thanks again for your help both.
Susie
Saud Abdul Rasheed
Sustainability/Energy Engineer, CEM, PMP, LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP O+M, Estidama PQP23 thumbs up
December 21, 2015 - 10:36 am
Sussanah, I add to the discussion that once you are done with the Design Appeal all your attempted credits which have received two rounds of review will be marked as either approved or denied.
Omar Elrawy
Green Building Consultant | ResearcherGreenA Consultants
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December 22, 2015 - 7:19 am
Sussanah, After your two review rounds, and accepting the design appeal stage you will find "Approved" is as it is, only for PI forms as said.
Your credits will get either "Awarded" or "Attempted".
even the credits that were denied, and you did accept them in the appeal stage will be shown as "Attempted", unless you change it.