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USGBC Membership- Who joins??

Understanding the Cost of LEED-NC Project Certification
posted by Katherine Carlin on Jun 4, 2013, 1:27 pm

Hi there, I'm acting as a LEED consultant for a large California business. We asked USGBC about membership benefits and they would like the business owner to join USGBC. But, it seems like the...

Last reply: Katherine Carlin, Jun 4, 2013, 7:02 pm

USGBC Membership question part deux

Understanding the Cost of LEED-NC Project Certification
posted by Katherine Carlin on Jun 4, 2013, 7:31 pm

Does anyone know if membership in USGBC needs to be maintained from the time of project registration through the final LEED certification in order to access the discounts on certification fees? In...

Last reply: Katherine Carlin, Jun 5, 2013, 4:02 pm

GBCI Increases LEED Fees!- 12/1/2016

Understanding the Cost of LEED-NC Project Certification
posted by Kristina Bach on Nov 10, 2016, 9:46 am

FYI - GBCI has announced a new pricing structure for LEED projects effective December 1, 2016. All projects registered on/after this date are held to the new pricing model. All projects registered...

Last reply: Deborah Lucking, Jan 4, 2017, 11:28 am

Help me plead my client's case!

Understanding the Cost of LEED-NC Project Certification
posted by Cynthia Kaplan on Dec 12, 2016, 5:19 pm

I have a client who is a CM on a higher ed project involving two classroom buildings. At the time of bid, language was included in the spec for LEED v3 documentation. However at the time of...

Last reply: Susan Di Giulio, Jan 27, 2017, 5:22 pm

CalGreen Clean Air Vehicle and LEED SSc4.3

Intro to CALGreen and LEED
posted by Sonrisa Lucero on Jun 18, 2012, 5:57 pm

I am sure someone has pursued SSc4.3 in CalGreen territory. Are you able to double-count the CalGreen designate parking spaces for Clean Air Vehicles and the Fuel Efficient, Alternative Fuel...

Last reply: Sonrisa Lucero, Jun 27, 2012, 8:38 pm

LEED-2009 Materials and Resources Calculator (v06 & v07)

Navigating LEED Online
posted by Jon Clifford on May 17, 2016, 9:05 pm

e-mails with USGBC on issues with the new MR calculator since January when your forums began getting posts about problems. I was surprised to learn that they had released multiple versions of the v06...

Last reply: Lyle Axelarris, Jan 2, 2017, 5:31 pm

Renewable energy certificate

NC-v4 EAc7: Green power and carbon offsets
posted by CT G on Apr 17, 2018, 6:38 pm

I'm working on a project located in Brazil.

The client already buys energy from a company with Renawable energy certification, which is appliable for this credit according to LEED ACP for...

Last reply: Olga Yuil, Mar 19, 2019, 6:06 pm

Energy source- pallets

NC-2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
posted by Vassil Vassilev on Apr 20, 2018, 9:52 am

Greetings

We have a project where the heating plant consists of boilers using wooden pallets as an energy source. They’ll serve Heating and...

Last reply: Vassil Vassilev, Apr 27, 2018, 10:29 am

SMart certfication vs Floorscore

NC-2009 IEQc4.3: Low-emitting materials - flooring systems
posted by Alicia Ravetto on Apr 24, 2018, 8:43 am

Will SMaRT certification for a Forbo linoleum flooring be accepted vs Floorscore certification?

Last reply: Debra a. Lombard, Feb 11, 2020, 4:35 pm

materials not used in the original construction are verified in the re-evaluation of the certification?

LEED Recertification: When and How
posted by ANDREZA PASSOS on Apr 24, 2018, 4:11 pm

I would like to know if Unused Materials, when purchased by the company along with the LEED guidelines, can cause owners to lose certification during the renewal evaluation of the certificate?...

Last reply: ANDREZA PASSOS, May 1, 2018, 12:38 pm