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The tEED process begins with registration. The project team submits a registration form and a fee to USGBC. Once registered, the team receives information, tools, and communications that will help guide the certification process. When the team is ready for USGBC to review its application, it submits the appropriate fce, which is based on project square footage, and documentation. Submission of documentation for review can be done in either one or twO stages. The team can wait until the building project is complete to submit documentation for all the credits it is pursuing. Orthe team can seek review ofits design-related prerequisites and credits before completion, and then apply for construction-related credits after the project is finished. Whether the design and construction credits are submitted together or separately, each credit undergoes one prel imi nary review. The reviewer may request additional information or clarification. The team then submits final documentation. After completion of the final review, teams may appeal any adverse decisions on individual credits to USGBC for an additional fee. All projects document credit compliance through LEED-Online, a data collection portal through which the team can upload information about the project. It provides credit templates to be completed and signed by a specified member of the team (architect, engineer, general contractor, landscape architect, owner, etc.). In the near future, tEED-Online will provide dynamic,context-dependent prompts for data collection. 1\vo LEED rating systems follow slightly different processes, reflecting differences in planning and development. LEED for Homes involves a multistep review, based on the phases in the design and construction of new homes, with participation by project team members, including a LEED for Homes provider, the homebuilder, a green rater, and a home energy rater. The verification process has five steps: • Step 1. Early planning • Step 2 . Design • Step 3. Build • Step 4. Verification and certification • Step 5. Reflection on achievements LEED for Neighborhood Development follows the typical neighborhood development processwhich can take years or even decades-from the earliest steps of project entitlement (acquiring the U.S. Green Building Council and Its Programs 23
necessary permits) to the completion ofthe project. This process is segmented into three stages for review: • Stage 1. Review prior to completion of the entitlement (permitting) process • Stage 2. Certification of an approved development plan • Stage 3. Review of a completed neighborhood development USGBC provides comprehensive information about the L-EED process on its project certification wcbpage, http.,jLwww.usgbc.orgldisplaypagc.aspxcmspageid:64. Credit Interpretation Th e LEED rating systems are intended to be flexible, voluntary tools to improve the performance of buildings and promote market transformation, Over time, experience with LEED projects has generated findings that document reviewers' responses to questions about credit requirements or their application in specific circumstances. These credit interpretation rulings constitute precedents. Reviews of thousands of projects have generated a substantial foundation of experience, some of which has been described in case studies. The rulings also indicate how particular credits have been reviewed under· different circumstances and whether a team's approach will be acceptable. Project ~eams must consult rulings and errata that have been posted prior to their registration date and comply with any guidance that applies. Any rulings that are posted following the date of registration may be incorporated if they benefit the team, but reviewers will not hold teams responsible for complying with rulings issued after their registration date. If a new issue arises, a project team can submit a credit interpretation request. Guidelines for submitting credit interpretation requests are available at hqp:flwww,usgoc.org{showfile. aspxdocomentid- 1S10. 24 Green Bu ilding and LEED Core Concepts Guide
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