LEED Online v4 was a surprise in more ways than one.
The individual projects are now certified under the Master Site, which is certified under the Campus (the old "block").
All well and good. (No really, this is a great refinement.)
I am now confused that project credits (as opposed to Master Site credits) appear on the Master Site page, as well as on the individual project page.
In some cases it would be more efficient to document everything on the Master Site page. Is this acceptable? Has anyone any insight about this?
thanks!
Deborah Lucking
Director of SustainabilityFentress Architects
LEEDuser Expert
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July 10, 2015 - 5:59 pm
Does anyone have any information or experience with this? Help!
Joanna Switzer
Sustainability Project ManagerAtkins
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July 11, 2015 - 7:27 am
Hi Deborah,
I'm hoping someone with GBCI can chime in to validate this- I haven't applied this to a v4 project yet but I BELIEVE the guidance posted under the old v3 LEED Online site is still applicable although the latest guideline published is silent on these specifics. Refer to this doc: http://www.usgbc.org/Docs/Archive/General/Docs8093.pdf
Although there is some redundant data entry, you SHOULD be able to simply refer to the Campus project for the applicable pre-reqs/credits pursued by an individual project. Also note total campus data may be larger than sum of your individual LEED projects (occupancy/gsf) if it encompasses bldgs not pursuing certification as part of this immediate effort.
Adrienn Gelesz
LEED APABUD Engineering Ltd.
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July 14, 2015 - 3:32 am
We have documented LEED 2009 project in the new system.For campus credits documentation was uploaded to the Mastersite, and in the individual proejcts you can choose whether the project is targetting it on its own, or through the mastersite. On the credit forms for the individual credits we checked the box for special circumstances and included a reference to the Mastersite project registration.
Deborah Lucking
Director of SustainabilityFentress Architects
LEEDuser Expert
245 thumbs up
July 15, 2015 - 2:21 pm
Adrienn,
thanks! Good to know. I was reluctant to start doing a lot of work just to find out it was wrong/redundant.
Eric Anderson
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July 20, 2015 - 2:32 pm
Hi Joanna, Adrienn, and Deborah, To clarify, I believe Deborah was referring to LEED v3/2009 projects using the latest version of LEED Online when she mentioned "LEED Online v4". LEED v4 is a version of the LEED rating systems, not a version of LEED Online. The latest update to LEED Online is simply referred to as 'new LEED Online' rather than 'LEED Online v4'.
Nevertheless, LEED v4 campus projects using new LEED Online would work basically the same way as more recently-registered LEED v3/2009 campus projects in terms of how they reference (or claim) campus credits from an associated Master Site. For such projects, team members can claim a campus credit directly from the scorecard on the Credits tab/page of each campus project, rather than having to enter anything into the Special Circumstances section of the individual credit forms (though doing so will not cause a problem).
Older projects utilizing Master Sites set-up in LEED Online v3 before the 'campus' functionality was released had to use the 'block' functionality to take advantage of the campus (aka master site) approach. Projects using the 'block' functionality should still follow the instructions provided in the older LOv3 Help content linked to above (http://www.usgbc.org/Docs/Archive/General/Docs8093.pdf) when referencing (i.e. claiming) campus credits--which does entail adding a note in the Special Circumstances portion of the pertinent credit form.