Legacy LEED AP's

Patty Lloyd

Director of Sustainability

Leopardo Companies, Inc.

LEEDuser Premium Member

12 thumbs up

July 2, 2015

Do legacy LEED AP's need to take the LEED GA exam if they wanted to re-test to become a specialized LEED AP? Or does the fact that they are already a LEED AP allow them to skip the LEED GA exam and go right to the specialized LEED AP exam?

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Bill Swanson

Sr. Electrical Engineer

Integrated Design Solutions

LEEDuser Expert

516 thumbs up

Thu, 07/02/2015 - 18:54

The legacy AP system is considered "retired". I think they tried everything to erase the old AP system but kept the website listing active because of strong feedback from people. After the last opt-in period I don't believe there is any benefit provided to legacies. Any legacy who wants to gain a specialty will have to sit for both exams. So a LEED GA has a leg up on obtaining their AP with specialty than any legacy AP.