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Mara Baum
Partner, Architecture & SustainabilityDIALOG
674 thumbs up
March 26, 2012 - 8:30 pm
Tristan, you say 12 hours - that's pretty specific. I didn't see a time anywhere on USGBC's page. Am I missing something? I don't see why they would want to close the public comment at 5:30 am on the end date.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11477 thumbs up
March 26, 2012 - 8:44 pm
USGBC has a time posted of 9 a.m. EDT on the 27th. Where did I read that? The only place I could find it was their homepage http://www.usgbc.org/Sorry, but LEEDuser has to comply with USGBC's rules and we need a little bit of time before 9 a.m. to herd up these comments into the format they like.
Mara Baum
Partner, Architecture & SustainabilityDIALOG
674 thumbs up
March 27, 2012 - 11:21 am
USGBC: It is problematic to close your public comment period at 9 am Eastern (before many of us on the West Coast are even awake). Most of us are referencing your public comment period website, which does not list a time:
The LEED 2012 third public comment period is now open from March 1-27, 2012 which marks the start of the LEED 2012 program delivery process. This third draft of the rating system is focused on providing a globally applicable, simple-to-use, technically advanced system. Members of the public can comment on any substantive changes made since the second public comment period, which ran from August 1 through September 14, 2011. Once the comment period process concludes, LEED 2012 will be balloted in June and launch in November.
Important Dates
•March 1-27: Third Public Comment period is open
•April 2-May 1: LEED 2012 Ballot Opt-In Period for members in good standing
•June 1-30: LEED 2012 Ballot Voting Period
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11477 thumbs up
March 27, 2012 - 7:27 am
Based on the USGBC homepage, I had been telling people last night
that the comment period closes today at 9 a.m. EDT. However, I received
the following communication thiis morning from USGBC:
Despite our efforts to widely communicate the one-week extension for
third public comment, overnight we heard from a few folks who thought
they had all of Tuesday, rather than the 9 am EST cut-off we had
communicated. Since it won’t materially affect the schedule, we’re
extending the cut-off until 5 pm EST today, March 27, 2012.
Mara Baum
Partner, Architecture & SustainabilityDIALOG
674 thumbs up
March 27, 2012 - 11:21 am
It would have been fine if they had just posted the time somewhere (anywhere) on the LEED 2012 page or in an e-blast.