In the past, the published schedule for Design Phase preliminary review has been a minimum of 25 business days (about 5 weeks) and a minimum of 15 business days (3 weeks) for the Final Review. The design team is given one month after the Preliminary Review to respond to the reviewer's questions. At times, there have been delays of up to 6 weeks for one or both phases, but those have been reduced in the past several months.
With recent changes to the Certification Bodies and other GBCI procedures, it's hard to know for sure, but that may give you an idea. Three to five months would be a rough estimate.
Amy Bechard
108 thumbs up
September 22, 2010 - 8:21 am
Can you tell me where the schedule for reviews is published? I found where it describes the process thru the GBCI site, but no schedule ro time periods are given.
Thanks.
David Posada
Integrated Design & LEED SpecialistSERA Architects
LEEDuser Expert
1980 thumbs up
August 8, 2011 - 7:45 pm
The Jan 11, 2011 certification policy manual is posted at:
https://www.leedonline.com/irj/go/km/docs/documents/usgbc/leed/config/te...
The certification review timeline for NC projects begins on page 30; other rating systems follow.
Daniela Castro Salgado
Country ManagerJWA
67 thumbs up
September 8, 2011 - 5:59 pm
How many business days for replying a Design Review does the project team get in version 2.0? Is it 25 days the same as in version 3?
Susann Geithner
PrincipalEmerald Built Environments
1297 thumbs up
September 9, 2011 - 10:16 am
If they haven't change the rules than it should still be 25 business days also for LEED version 2.