Sample Submittals

Claudia Galvis

LEEDuser Basic Member

3 thumbs up

July 31, 2014

We found this credit as a very appropriate way to keep our project's future occupants active (our project is a fire station) in addition to the Owner project requirements to promote exercise in the facility. This is also my first LEED project, which means I need all the sample submittals I can get to ensure I am submitting the right documentation. It would be very helpful (I'm sure for even LEED pros out there) that sample submittals or projects be included in the resources for pilot credits just as they are included in the LEED Guide for non-pilot credits. Also, is it required to answer the additional questions given at the end of the credit information to comply with this credit? I also share the lighting diagram question posted by Cristina Bayes that has not been answered yet. Thank you.

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Kath Williams

LEED Fellow 2011, Principal

Kath Williams + Associates

LEEDuser Premium Member

103 thumbs up

Mon, 08/04/2014 - 16:27

I used to think USGBC/GBCI/LEEDUser providing "Sample Submittals" was a good idea. After almost 20 years of full-time LEED consulting and LEED documentation, our experience shows that it can easily become habit just to copy or cut and paste. Efficient? Yes. Worthwile? No. There is so much value in the development of appropriate documentation, not simply submitting a form to get the points. In our 97 LEED projects so far, none of the documentation is or should be same as another project unless we're talking volume build program. Commitment comes from the development process, not just from rewriting samples. That's a one-person job, not a LEED team working together.

Claudia Galvis

LEEDuser Basic Member

3 thumbs up

Mon, 08/04/2014 - 17:48

Thank you Kath. I believe you misunderstood my comment. I am interested in submittal samples for reference only, never to copy and paste. Since this is my first time submitting a project, I've found it to be very useful to see some references. All projects are different, so all documentation and content submitted will be different at the end. The credit language is not quite clear, and after reading all comments in this forum, I see that other users asked for suggestions on the documentation format too. After we reviewed all the available pilot credits, we found this one (and a couple more) to help us keep the intent and nature of our project a reality, which is why we would like to make sure we submit this correctly.