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GBCI Releases LEED Submittal Tips
At the very end of last year (December 23, to be exact), GBCI quietly added a series of “Submittal Tip Sheets” to the Resources section of their website (here). These tip sheets were written by GBCI reviewers for most of the common rating systems and are meant to be sort of helpful reminders for a ...
Waiting for a LEED Review?
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The good news is that the days of LEED reviews taking 18 weeks (yes one of my reviews actually took 18 weeks!) seem to be behind us. According to a recent article on BuildingGreen.com (here) 94% of LEED reviews are being returned on-time, meaning within the 25 business day period that is so often quoted ...
LEED Review Frustration?
Those of us who have worked on multiple LEED projects know that one of the most frustrating parts of the LEED process is that LEED reviews of many credits are fairly subjective. This became especially clear to me a couple years back when we submitted two nearly identical submissions for two nearly identical schools and ...
Common LEED Documentation Mistakes
As promised, here it is- a summary of the most common mistakes I see in LEED Design Phase Documentation. A few caveats before I launch into my review: 1. These comments are based on LEED for New Construction v2.2 and LEED for Schools v2.0 projects. LEED 2009 is similar, but some of the documentation is ...
LEED Submission Week
Whew- busy week! I have 6 LEED design submissions to review this week before we hit the magic “submit” button and send our documentation off to be reviewed by GBCI. At the end of this week I plan to post a summary of the most common mistakes I see in design credit LEED documentation, so ...
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