Hi,
We intend to erect a sign board at the construction site entrance. "THIS IS A LEED SITE". Is this against the USGBC guidelines? Some colleagues say since it does not say that this is a LEED certified site, there wouldn't be any issues.
Thanks
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Hi,
We intend to erect a sign board at the construction site entrance. "THIS IS A LEED SITE". Is this against the USGBC guidelines? Some colleagues say since it does not say that this is a LEED certified site, there wouldn't be any issues.
Thanks
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11477 thumbs up
November 3, 2013 - 12:17 am
KC, there are LEED policy documents which address legal and trademark points like this. Without referencing them, I would recommend not using such signage. Although it doesn't say that it is LEED certified, it's not clear what it does intend to say or mean. Someone unfamiliar with LEED (i.e. most of the general public) could easily assume that the site was certified or had some LEED imprimateur, when in fact it is at this point probably no more than registered and pursuing various credits.Again, I didn't review the LEED policies before posting this, but I would think that language such as "XYZ project is attempting LEED Gold certification" or "A LEED-registered project" or "We're going for LEED—we need your help!" would be more accurate and reflective of a message appropriate for this stage in the work.
Mallory Schaus
Energy EngineerPrimera Engineers
4 thumbs up
December 18, 2013 - 4:51 pm
KC,
See the link below for official policy, page 25 covers registered projects:
http://www.usgbc.org/Docs/Archive/General/Docs3885.pdf
You CAN say, for example, "This project is registered under the LEED®
green building certification program." But not "this is a LEED project."