Why not GA?

Bill Swanson

Sr. Electrical Engineer

Integrated Design Solutions

LEEDuser Expert

516 thumbs up

March 15, 2013

It seems the whole LEED industry is abbreviation. SSc8, MPR's, AP BD+C, REC, CIR, LI, H, FSC, VOC, CFC, ASHRAE, EPA, ect, ect. I hear everyone refering to the tests as either the GA or the AP. And people who pass the GA test as GA's. So I guess I don't understand why USGBC (oops, GBCI) doesn't want us to use the term 'LEED GA'. If we can use 'LEED AP' I'm not seeing the problem. Is this some sort of insult? A legal issue where GA is trademarked by another organization? Just curious if anyone knows why.

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Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

LEEDuser Expert

7780 thumbs up

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 16:19

You left out my favorites.... SCAQMD, SMACNA, and WURAG. I wonder why they didn't follow AIA and do "LEED AP Assoc." for the second tier. Then there would be one less acronym.

Paula Melton

Editorial Director

BuildingGreen, Inc.

LEEDuser Expert

159 thumbs up

Fri, 03/15/2013 - 18:25

In the LEEDv4 drafts, they have also stopped the acronym/numbering system for credits. Maybe it's a conscious decision to make things seem less opaque and clique-ish. Just an uneducated guess, though.