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LEED Reviews: Appeals, Design/Construction Submittals, and more

LEED Precertification documents

Sankar R

LEEDuser Basic Member

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October 13, 2020

Can someone with prior experience tell me what documents are typically required for Precertification?

I understand that I have to fill a Precertification spreadsheet with explanation on strategies along with 'any supporting documentation'.

Now I am not clear what supporting documentation means here. For instance, in EAp2 Minimum Energy Performance credit, we upload MEPC spreadsheet with inputs from Energy model and similar calculations and documentation for other credits. Are we supposed to fill that out and include with this submittal or wait until we get a response back from USGBC?

I have responded to LEED Review comments before so I am aware of the documentation process, but I have never started a LEED project from scratch.

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Bipin Karki

LEEDuser Premium Member

88 thumbs up

Wed, 10/14/2020 - 19:00

The following documents are required: - Precertification Worksheet - Site plan showing LEED Project Boundary - Photos, renderings, or drawings of the project, both inside and outside. - Sections/Elevations - Mechanical schedules and plans - Floor plans This is typically we provide during Precertification.

ILDA SHALLO

DLA Architects, LTD

LEEDuser Basic Member

1 thumbs up

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 14:07

Is there a benefit to do the precertification versus the combined or split timeline? Would the precertification avoid a third party audit of the LEED certification of our project? If one decides to go with the precertification how do you submit it, or where do you upload it on the website? Same goes for all the maps, sections, floor plans, etc that the precertification requires, how do we upload them? Thank you in advence.

Emily Purcell

Sustainable Design Lead

CannonDesign

LEEDuser Expert

379 thumbs up

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 16:00

The benefit of precertification is typically that the owner requires some formal documentation of commitment to LEED before they are ready to submit for Design review. For example, a lender or local planning authority can ask for precertification to have the project's LEED strategy validated while it is still in early design. Or some developers select precertification so they can market the project to tenants as a LEED building. If you're not in that situation, it's not worth pursuing - it won't affect the rest of your review. If you do pursue precertification, you will have a separate tab for uploads that you use for all those documents.

ILDA SHALLO

DLA Architects, LTD

LEEDuser Basic Member

1 thumbs up

Tue, 08/17/2021 - 18:44

Thank you!

Karim Farah

General Manager

Reeds Consult

LEEDuser Premium Member

0 thumbs up

Thu, 05/11/2023 - 11:29

I registered a new project and I automatically got the pre certification option which I didn't ask for and I don't want how to get rid of it?

Marcus Sheffer

LEED Fellow

7group / Energy Opportunities

LEEDuser Expert

4454 thumbs up

Thu, 05/11/2023 - 15:45

In LEED Online click on Timeline and you should be able to change to the certification timeline to what you want.

Karim Farah

General Manager

Reeds Consult

LEEDuser Premium Member

0 thumbs up

Sat, 05/13/2023 - 06:28

Thank you!

Emily Tan

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Thu, 08/10/2023 - 10:09

Did it work for you? At the timeline tab, i wasnt able to change the timeline and it was fixed at making pre payment for Precertification preliminary review.

Melvina Pramadya Puspahati

Sustainable Consultant

BPM GmbH

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Fri, 11/17/2023 - 09:04

Hi experts, do you think, the project can achive rating with Precertification? such as LEED Silver/Gold/Platinum Precertification Thanks