How long does it take the USGBC to get back to you after credit submittal ?
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Ralph Bicknese
PrincipalHellmuth & Bicknese Architects
21 thumbs up
March 2, 2020 - 10:43 am
The GBCI usually completes design and construction reviews with with 6 weeks or less. They may respond with some preliminary questions much sooner. It is normal for them to ask for clarifications and additional information with the formal review.
Dina El-Sady
March 2, 2020 - 10:47 am
Thank you so much for your prompt reply but that means that there is no specific timeline that they have to abide by ?
Renee Shirey
Stantec422 thumbs up
March 2, 2020 - 11:21 am
I haven't specifically tried to look up that info in the Reference books in a long time, but it was called out at some point (LEED v2009?) that they had "25 business days" to process it - which amounts to 5 weeks. The only time I have ever experienced something more was around Christmas/end of the year, and that was years ago. People would cram to submit their projects for review by the end of the year, and review staff was probably a bit reduced due to the holiday. But I haven't had that happen in years.
Once you submit for review, and payment has been cleared, they will provide you a projected due date for the review response to be returned to you. I believe that is still being calculated at 25 business days from cleared payment.
Tiffany Beffel
Managing PartnerInnovative Workshop Consulting
LEEDuser Expert
22 thumbs up
March 2, 2020 - 8:20 pm
Their current review response time is 20-25 days. I often experience sooner returns, however, their Guidance for Certification, available at https://www.usgbc.org/tools/leed-certification/commercial does identify the 20-20-25 day timeline. And, Renee is correct. After payment has cleared, an anticipated review return date is calculated under the Timeline tab on LEED Online.