Once your application is prepared, upload your completed materials and make sure to perform a rigorous quality check of your entire application before submitting for review. We suggest that you open each form and check that you have included all required information and open each file to verify that you have submitted the correct document. Cross-check credits and prerequisites to make sure that you have reported common data points, such as floor area, occupancy and total materials cost consistently.
Want more tips? Here are some characteristics common among high quality submissions:. All finished? Ready, set, submit! All performance periods must overlap and come to a conclusion within one month of each other. If pursuing LEED v4. The LEED v4. You may choose to pursue split review if you are certifying under a design and construction rating system. The split review is designed to help your team determine if your project is on track to achieve LEED certification at its preferred level.
Please note that only credits and prerequisites identified as design credits can be submitted during the design review. In these cases, documentation for the affected credits must be updated and submitted for one additional round of review during the construction phase. In a time crunch? Contact GBCI at least 20 business days please allow longer if you are paying by check prior to submitting an application to request an expedited review to cut your review time in half reduced from business days to business days per review phase.
If your request can be accommodated, GBCI will confirm availability and provide an updated review schedule for your project. Having difficulty fulfilling a rating system prerequisite or credit? Have you thought of an alternative way to interpret a credit or path to fulfill it? Here are your options:. Our review team will let you know if your interpretation of a particular credit or prerequisite is consistent with published rating system requirements.
When it comes time to submit your application for review, you will need to provide documentation demonstrating fulfillment of the CIR and indicate the approved CIR within your application for certification. You may file an appeal if you are not satisfied with the result of your CIR using the process above. Keep in mind, also, that CIRs are not precedent setting; your project team can only utilize the ruling for the project under which the CIR was submitted.
They are developed through a deliberative process involving LEED committees. As in the case with all addenda, projects registered before a LEED Interpretation is published may voluntarily elect to follow these revisions. If you decide you no longer want to pursue LEED certification for your project, we understand.
Please contact GBCI so that your application can be closed, and accurate records maintained. We recommend that you complete the master site review prior to submitting any associated, individual or group projects for review, since the campus credits earned through the master site review will then become available to your individual or group projects associated with it. Review processes for the master site and the individual or group projects proceed as outlined above.
You have the option to select standard or split reviews for design and construction rating systems. Congratulations, it's time to accept your review results to confirm your LEED certification! Please double or triple check that you have achieved all prerequisites and targeted credits before accepting the final certification.
While all LEED-certified projects and plans are a cut above the rest, each is assigned one of four levels of certification to acknowledge the degree of achievement. The number of points that your project earns determines the level of LEED certification that you will receive.
You should. Our public relations guide for LEED-certified projects can help you do that. Learn more. Learn more about Platinum membership. Your work with LEED is something to be celebrated — and communicated to the world at large. Achieving LEED certification gives you the opportunity to share your project strategies, photos and insight, and play a pivotal role in educating other project teams. We use your project data for the greater good: to educate and provide resources for LEED project teams and others around the world, showcase your strategies, and share the size and power of the green building movement.
A listing in this directory allows the general public and members of the media to look up your project listing and its related details.
Each rating system will remain open and available for certification after the rating system registration close date. To certify your project under a specific rating system, you must submit for certification by that rating system's certification close date, also called the sunset date.
Remember, LEED certified projects are required to track and report energy and water data, at a minimum, as described in:. Projects must commit to sharing with USGBC the resulting whole-project energy and water usage data for a five-year period beginning on the date the project accepts LEED certification or typical occupancy, whichever comes first. In rare situations, LEED certification may be revoked. LEED certification provides an exceptional value for your money: So, how much will it cost to certify your project?
Rates are based on the fee schedule published at the time of registration. Certification fee: The certification fee is charged on a per-project building basis and based on the size of the project and the rating system under which the project is registered.
Certification fees are due within 30 calendar days from when you submit your application for review. Remember, GBCI will not begin your review until payment in full has been received and cleared our system thank you!
Also, please note that certification fees are based on the fees published at the time the project is submitted for review and cover both the preliminary and final reviews for either review path standard or split review. Await the application review. Generally, projects undergo two stages of review, with time for the project team to respond to questions raised between reviews.
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See all forum discussions about Performance Period. Once you enter 12 months of data across these indicators, LEED Online will calculate your performance score, which will determine your new certification level:. This new path intends to quantify the outcomes of the efficiency projects and sustainability strategies your organization has implemented.
More importantly, it allows you to explore alternative action plans that will drive savings and create positive social and environmental impact. Besides your data inputs, there are three primary factors behind your score, including gross floor area, operating hours and occupancy. While some things are different and may require a learning curve for recertifying companies, there are additional benefits and value to LEED that the certification process can now provide.
New automation capabilities and access to analytics and information make the learning curve worthwhile and not only help companies better understand the impact of your current footprint, but also give you the tools to improve in the future.
Keep these top 3 takeaways in mind as you embark on the recertification process under updated LEED guidelines:. An interesting aspect of the new system is access to some very telling analytics.
These include performance against similar buildings locally and globally, quantification of energy and transportation emissions, gallons of water used per occupant, waste generated per square foot and more. With these analytics, building owners can now measure and monitor their building performance, benchmark their progress against similar buildings and, ultimately, facilitate further improvements in green building performance. Automation of the certification process certainly makes attaining LEED certification easier and more streamlined, however, it comes with the added emphasis on data collection.
The new and evolving system places a greater emphasis on transparency of data and providing actionable insights that give building owners opportunity to improve their score. Before LEED v4.
But LEED v4. The performance outcomes are fully integrated into this latest version so that building owners can measure performance on an ongoing basis.
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