The way I read the requirements in the Innovation section it would appear to be up to four total points to be achieved from Pilot credits alone (Option-2 for one point AND Option-3 for up to three additional points.) Is this how others interpret this as well?

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emily reese moody

Sustainability Director, Certifications & Compliance

Jacobs

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Tue, 01/16/2018 - 17:10

Hi Jason, If you're pursuing only Pilot credits, you'll be eligible for 4 of the 5 points available for strategies. The way the guide is written is very confusing, and it took me getting a v4 project and actually getting to the template to fully understand. Once you see the template, the area where you tell the template what you're pursuing is limited to 4 points total for Innovation, 4 points total for Pilot Credits, and 2 points for Exemplary Performance; you can use any combination to achieve all 5 points.

Trista Brown

Project Director

WSP USA

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Thu, 02/01/2018 - 01:53

I'd also add that this rating system correction (https://www.usgbc.org/leedaddenda/100002169) confirms that teams have to earn at least one pilot credit and at least one innovation credit in order to earn all 5 points.

Toshif Ruikar

MECHANICAL ENGINEER

GE3S ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Sun, 09/27/2020 - 06:40

Hi, Can I use green cleaning policy as a innovation in one of our LEED ID+C retail project, as i am already applying for Pilot-Credits INpc137: Safety First: Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Space. As the policy for both will more or less same.

emily reese moody

Sustainability Director, Certifications & Compliance

Jacobs

LEEDuser Expert

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Wed, 10/28/2020 - 07:06

Toshif, the green cleaning policy, alone, won't earn that second point. It used to be an accepted standalone strategy under older LEED versions, but under v4, has been combined with other previously-standalone policy-related strategies to form the O&M Starter Kit in the Innovation Catalog. If you can pair it with at least one of the other strategies there, you should be able to parlay it into an additional point--or at least I'll say I haven't seen anything specifically preventing that approach.

Bipin Karki

LEEDuser Premium Member

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Wed, 10/28/2020 - 12:13

Emily, the CI projects can achieve a Green Cleaning Policy, alone as an Innovation strategy. The above-mentioned requirements for O&M Starter Kit are for BD+C projects. Toshif, you can attempt a Green Cleaning Policy as an Innovation strategy and Safety First: Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Space as a pilot credit for CI projects. Since, the Safety First: Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Space (https://www.usgbc.org/credits/safety-first-137-v4.1) requirements are changing with the project team and expert feedback. You may want to print a screenshot of the requirements on the website and submit with the supporting documentation, just for consistency. Hope this helps!

emily reese moody

Sustainability Director, Certifications & Compliance

Jacobs

LEEDuser Expert

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Wed, 10/28/2020 - 17:49

Ooh, you're right. I looked at the top of the thread to see which section the post was under (NC) but missed the CI reference in the question. My bad!

Toshif Ruikar

MECHANICAL ENGINEER

GE3S ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Sat, 10/31/2020 - 12:42

Thanks to both of you, Bipin and Emily...

Deborah Lucking

Director of Sustainability

Fentress Architects

LEEDuser Expert

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Thu, 12/03/2020 - 00:32

Getting ready to submit for Pilot Credit INc 137 Cleaning and Disinfecting Your Space. We were advised by our LEED Coach that this can be submitted at any time (our project in is Construction Final Review). Since our BD+C project is an airport much of the cleaning procedures were in place almost at the same time the Pilot came out.
We have already achieved the Innovation Credit O+M Starter Kit.

Victoria Rios Esteve

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Tue, 10/26/2021 - 15:03

Hi everyone! As regards Trista's answer, is this confirmed? Is it necessary to achieve at least 1 innovation credit to get all 5 points? Can't we applied to 2 exemplary performance and 3 pilot credits?

emily reese moody

Sustainability Director, Certifications & Compliance

Jacobs

LEEDuser Expert

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Tue, 10/26/2021 - 15:46

Hi Victoria, The statements above are correct. The v4 and v4.1 guides state the limits for each type of approach. Innovation is limited to 4 points as are Pilot strategies, and Exemplary is limited to 2.
In v4, look in the Step-by-Step Guidance section to confirm.

Laura Heagler

GLMV Architecture, Inc.

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Tue, 10/26/2021 - 16:46

Victoria, You need to have at least 1 point from each: Innovation, Pilot and exemplary performance in order to acheive the maximum of 5 points.

emily reese moody

Sustainability Director, Certifications & Compliance

Jacobs

LEEDuser Expert

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Tue, 10/26/2021 - 17:03

Laura, one correction: Projects are not required to achieve an Exemplary Performance in order to earn all 5 points. You could have 4 Innovation and 1 Pilot, or 2 Innovation and 3 Pilot, etc., and still get all 5. The catch is you must have at least 1 of each of those and EPs are limited to 2.

Laura Heagler

GLMV Architecture, Inc.

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Tue, 10/26/2021 - 19:53

Emily, you are right! Sorry Victoria I mis-interpreted that.

Nadia Azzam

Sustainable Building Certification Specialist

Gresham Smith

LEEDuser Premium Member

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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 17:49

Hi everyone! Our project is pursuing the following innovation credits: 1. green cleaning policy, 2. purchasing lamps and 3. designing with nature in addition to 2 exemplary performance credits. the design with nature was previously a pilot credit but got moved to innovation. I was under the impression that we could get the 5 points this way until I realized this change. Does any one know if we can still get 5 points this way or do we still need to pursue 1 pilot credit to get the fifth point?

Denise Bevilaqua

HIGHLAND ASSOCIATES

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Wed, 12/13/2023 - 23:11

Nadia, Hi. I believe this will depend upon whether or not you registered your project for the "Designing with Nature" while it was still categorized as a Pilot. If you did so, you should be able to include your registration and continue to count this as your Pilot. If you did not register prior to the transition you will not be able claim it as a Pilot and will need a new Pilot to pursue the (5) points. Hope this helps.

Afogreen Build

www.afogreenbuild.com

Green Building Consultant

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Tue, 04/16/2024 - 00:59

Hi Nadia,

As stated in LEED Pilot Credit the design with nature is closed for registration on 8/12/2022 and moved to innovation catalog. Thus, now you have 3 innovation and 2 EPs. To achieve full point of Innovation Credit, you have to pursue 1 more pilot credit to get 5 points.

Best regards - Afogreen Build Team

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