Hello LEEDuser members,
We are in the process of addressing comments from our Design and Construction Preliminary Review. The project is going for certification level using the Core and Shell rating system. There is a credit (not prerequisite) that we are no longer going to apply for because we don't need the point, nor do we have the time needed to address the comments from USGBC's review regarding this particular credit.
Does anyone know what/if there is a process for removing a credit from a submittal? Also, if USGBC has already commented on that credit and is requesting clarification, does it complicate matters?
Any advice is greatly appreciated.

is it possible to appeal for denied design credit after submitting the construction stage credits and receiving the preliminary construction review ?

We have been denied two prerequisites from the Design Phase (EAp2 and IEQp1) after the final design review. The project will be substantially complete in a month and a half. There were errors in our calculations and documentation that is requiring us to resubmit for these prerequisites. Does it make sense to begin the appeal process for these two prerequisites or would it be better to submit the revised documentation for these denied prerequisites during the construction review?

Your thoughts and experience is appreciated. Thank you.

Dear Sirs,

i am working on a CI project and we have been awarded 48 points in the design stage credits , how ever we are targeting gold, and we still have 13 points to be earned in construction stage , total of 61 , but the project team is a little bit worried we wouldn't achieve gold, and we were negotiating working on green education program, but since it is considered a design credit we wanted to know is it possible to submit this credit as an appeal but after the construction phase preliminary review (in case we didn't get the total 13 construction points)?

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Have any of you experienced a review in which the reviewer revised/corrected the form as he/she saw fit changing the numbers from the original input. The mechanical engineer is saying that the numbers on the WEp1 form are not what he input originally but that the reviewer modified them. Now during construction credits, we have to work on that form again per comments from the reviewer and we do not know what to do.

I am working on calculating the FTE's for a College Athletic Facility that has a minimal FTE but a significant Transient population between faculty and students. I am trying to located a good method on determining the PEAK condition assuming that it would be during an athletic event. Any advice is appreciated.

Thank you.

Do we take interior blinds or shades into account when we calculate the Solar Heat Gain Coefficient? The windows that I am using on my project have a SHGC of 0.66 which is really high compared to ASHRAE's 90.1 design guidelines.