re: Performance Period

I have a very basic question. I can't find a direct answer anywhere. There are certain audits or surveys which are carried out on one day or during one week for example SS c4, MR c6, IEQ c3.2. We chose to spread these out during the performance period, not during the final month. They all require performance period start & finish dates on the submittal sheet. So what do we put if all the performance periods are meant to line up during the 30-day shared window? Do we have to re-do all our surveys in the final month or these items are exempt from that 30-day window ? Or is the performance period from the day we do the survey to the final day of the performance period to line up with all the other credits? Thanks so much for clarifying this!

Melissa - Your audits for credits like SSc4, MRc6 and similar credits can all be conducted at any point in time during your EBOM Performance Period. Generally, you are looking to wrap up your PP simultaneously for all credits (with the flexibility you note) - as long as the audits were conducted within the MAXIMUM performance period, which in EBOM is two years, they are viable. Many projects choose to conduct these audits within the minimum performance period (3 months) but that is neither required nor even recommended by LEED. I personally advise my clients to conduct SSc4 and MRc6 data gathering very early in the process - seeing that data allows us to either a) plan our certification strategy with a higher degree of confidence about points or b) identify opportunities for performance improvement, make changes, and then re-survey/audit to reflect those improvements in our final data. So to answer your final question - the PP for those credits can indeed by the day you do the survey to the final day of the PP as aligned with the other credits. Hope that wasn't more information than you were looking for. . . Dan

its exactly the answer I was looking for, thanks so much.