Recertification with new criteria

Geoffrey Tomlinson

Vaha Sustainable Energy

LEEDuser Basic Member

38 thumbs up

November 20, 2012

A recently certified EBOM project will likely need to be recertified under LEED v4. How are they going to treat changes and or new credits during the performance period. Two examples: Example 1: Under EBOM 2009, EPA's Design for the Environment is not accepted for green cleaning products. Once LEED v4 is enacted will our client be able to start purchasing EPA products. Or the alternative, if an accepted criteria under an older version is dropped will that no longer count towards recertification. And if yes, what would be the cut-off date? When v4 went live? Example 2: Demand Response is a new credit under LEED v4 EBOM. If a client wants to earn points for this credit, when should they have a demand response program in place?

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Chris Miller

Chief Mechanical Engineer

Design Alaska

LEEDuser Basic Member

29 thumbs up

Tue, 11/20/2012 - 23:23

Geoffrey, I'd like someone from GBCI to confirm this, but I discussed this with Sarah Alexander (Director of LEED Certification) at a technical session at Greenbuild. I asked her this very question, and my understanding is that LEED 2009 projects will be able to use LEEDv4 credits (and LEEDv4 credit language for existing credits). So, in your case, I believe that EPA DfE products will count for LEED 2009 projects (although, I am not clear on the exact date this will kick in). I hope this helps, and someone else please chime in to confirm.