Hi everyone, I just started the certification of a laboratory building on LEED v3 2009. The owner is getting funded for a part of the construction and it might turn out that the actual building will be finished on 2018, or maybe later. Would it be a problem if a start a certification on LEED v3 2009 since the registration for this version ends on October this year? Is there a final date for actually finishing the certification of a building on v3?

Is the cutoff of "(2) years past substantial project completion" for construction review submittal strictly enforced?

"Following completion of the Design Review phase and within 2 (two) years of substantial project completion, the Project Administrator shall submit, via LEED Online, a complete application for Construction Review "

We were recently denied a credit in the Final Review Phase on the basis of information that was presented in the Preliminary Review Phase that GBCI had no comments upon. This seems like an inconsistent application of judgment, and we are wondering what, if any recourse we may have in this matter.

The credit in question is IEQc7.2-Thermal Comfort Survey. The Owner saw no value in completing a Thermal Comfort Survey on the HVAC systems until all installation issues had been resolved and the systems were functioning as designed. Due to numerous contractor and parts backorder issues, the systems were not functioning as designed until well after the 18 month mark, although the Owner did respond to and address user complaints to the best of their ability during this time period. We noted this under the "Additional Circumstances" box in our credit, and provided action items from the Cx log as backup.

GBCI had no comments regarding the "Additional Circumstances", and we interpreted their lack of comment as an acceptance of our extenuating circumstances. This credit was required to earn the 50 points targeted for LEED Silver, and as we were denied some other credits upon review, the Owner opted to spend additional money to pursue additional credits to get back to 50 to meet their voluntary commitment for all their projects to earn LEED Silver.

We don't feel that GBCI is unjustified in believing our explanation to be unworthy of the credit; however we do consider it unfair to our client that is highly committed to sustainability for GBCI to have not commented upon it during the Preliminary Review Phase. Thoughts?

Our project was denied credit due to a failed pre-requisite during the final review. The client once us to file an appeal to address the pre-requisite. How long after the final review is submitted do you have to appeal and at what cost?

we are looking into one campus with four buildings plus a food court; intend to register under CS; there is one virtual boundary for the whole campus; all four buildings are coming up together; single developer owned; food court is not intended to be registered (approx 12% of the other four blocks on built up area); one common STP system; two common chiller plants connected together for the four buildings; if we do under group approach, how do we handle the registration and certification fees? is it considered as one single project; can we register and certify by paying for one fee as for one building? can someone help please; thanks

We are planning on organizing Green Rater and HERS training in Europe later this year. If anyone is interested, go not hesitate to get in touch with me. We hope this will allow for more LEED for Homes projects in Europe

Hello,
We are doing precertification but there is no place for Regional Priority, how should we achieve that credit then?
Thank you

My project is a Campus project. All of the credits sought on the Mastersite scorecard are "Awarded" after Final Design Review (and appeal in some cases). What do I do now? Do I still need to submit the Mastersite scorecard for Construction Review? If so, how do I do this as submitting for the Construction Preliminary Review is only possible if I tick one or more of the credits as "Ready for Review" (and I don't seem able to tick "Awarded" credits.

Hallo, we want to certify a home outside the U.S. We would like to avoid incorporating an Energy Rater to the verification team (credits EAc2 and EAc5) because it would increase the certification costs. Instead, we would like to follow the Performance Pathway, which requires a HERS Rater for credit 1, but it would be much less costly.

Does anyone have any experience not contracting an Energy Rater and still achieving LEED certification?

Hi! We have a new, central forum for keeping track of LEED Online issues and discussing updates. Please use this LEED Online forum to post and discuss these issues. Members can also read our status report on LEED Online there, and digests of recent USGBC updates.