The pilot credit instructions say: "3. Submit feedback survey; supply PDF of your survey/confirmation of completion with credit documentation."
When I completed the survey, it told me to record the date for verification. There was no option to create a PDF or otherwise print or save the survey.
Then, on LEED Online, IDc1.x, after selecting "pursuing a LEED pilot credit," the site asks for a "completed pilot credit documentation form." I can't find anything that tells me what that form is. Also, there is no other 'upload' blank (for the aerial map to document the credit). (Perhaps the map is supposed to be packaged with the credit documentation form?)
Am I missing something? Or are there some kinks still to be worked out.
Batya Metalitz
Technical Director, LEEDUSGBC
LEEDuser Expert
318 thumbs up
October 19, 2010 - 11:43 am
This is a good question, relevant to all pilot credits.
Within a 1-2 days of completing the pilot credit survey, you will receive a confirmation email, which will include your responses to the survey questions. Submit this email confirmation as part of your LEED Online submittal.
The LEED Online ID credit will be update in the next month or so to include clearer language. There is no pilot credit documentation form. To earn pilot credit, you should submit the following pieces of documentation:
- confirmation email from registration
- confirmation email from survey completion
- credit specific documentation (as outlined in the pilot credit file)
participation in LEEDuser is also required.
Michael Miller
Project Architect236 thumbs up
October 19, 2010 - 12:55 pm
Thanks.
It would also be helpful if there was a way to indicate in the pilot credit application / survey / etc. if someone other than the project administrator is documenting the pilot credit, participating in LEEDUser, etc. (I'm handling the pilot credit, but the Project Administrator receives all the emails.) I made a note in the survey that LEEDUser participation was under my name, not the Project Administrator's. Hopefully that will get tracked through by a reviewer.
Michael Miller
Project Architect236 thumbs up
October 19, 2010 - 1:02 pm
In reviewing the survey confirmation email, I see that my longer responses got cut off at 256 characters. Will the reviewer have access to the actual survey response? Or is my feedback gone? (There was nothing on the survey form to suggest that there is a length limit.)
Batya Metalitz
Technical Director, LEEDUSGBC
LEEDuser Expert
318 thumbs up
October 19, 2010 - 1:55 pm
Thanks for this feedback. The reviewer will have access to your complete survey information, the cut off is only in the confirmation email, not in the actual survey.
We will add an additional field for "primary contact email address". Thanks for the input.
Carter Williams
AIA, LEED APLDa Architects
30 thumbs up
January 27, 2011 - 10:38 am
I agree with Michael that additional clarity on the actual submittal process would be extremely helpful. Per Batya's earlier response, the process is to "submit the following pieces of documentation:
- confirmation email from registration
- confirmation email from survey completion
- credit specific documentation (as outlined in the pilot credit file)
Participation in LEEDuser is also required."
I have completed the survey and am waiting for my confirmation email. But then what - where do I send the registration and survey completion confirmation emails and my maps demonstrating compliance? I haven't used LEED Online because everything so far (for all of the "regular" credits) has been submitted by my LEED for Homes provider, Steven Winter Associates. Is LEED Online the only way to submit documentation for Pilot credits?
Batya Metalitz
Technical Director, LEEDUSGBC
LEEDuser Expert
318 thumbs up
January 27, 2011 - 11:17 am
This is an important issue for Homes projects. For LEED for Homes projects, the submittals are the same, but they should go through your standard LEED for Homes process (through the Green Rater to your LEED for Homes Provider). The pilot credit submittal will then be reviewed just as other project documentation and Innovation credit are currently, between the Provider and a reviewer, rather than in LEED Online..
Carter Williams
AIA, LEED APLDa Architects
30 thumbs up
January 27, 2011 - 11:34 am
Thanks for the clarification and your rapid response, Batya! This helps a lot.
Matthew Fortin
8 thumbs up
February 19, 2012 - 8:21 pm
Word of warning on the submittal. I recently submitted two Pilot Credits with the survey confirmation email, which was mostly blank due to the 256 character limit. My review came back indicating I did not provide answers to the additional questions associated with the Pilot Credits. Thus, I am not sure if the reviewers do actually have access to the complete survey information.
At this point, I've typed out the entire survey into word and will submit that and the explaination about the survey confirmation email. Hopefully, this works because I'm not sure what else I could do.