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4 STEPS ON THE PATH TO LEED MASTERY
February 1, 2020
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By Tommy Linstroth
It’s a new year for the construction industry, and 2020 will an exciting time to
pursue Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for
your green construction project.
With the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) planning to fully transition to
LEED v4.1 in the coming year, designers and builders have a clearer path toward
pursuing certification than in the past. Here are four ideas to help make the
path to LEED success a little easier:
1. Do Your Homework
LEED v4 is still in effect for the time being, but the clock is ticking down to
the final adoption of the revised v4.1. If you haven’t checked v4.1 out yet,
we’d highly recommend that you do some digging and familiarize yourself now.
The new version will remain in pilot phase through at least the early part of
this year, but there is no time like the present to do your homework. You’ll
want to know what to expect when it goes live. Being aware of the updated
requirements will be useful as the revised standards make several credits more
accessible. Just be aware that the final, approved version of v4.1 may be
slightly different than what’s out there today.
2. Decide Whether to Opt-In Earl
Another suggestion is to go ahead and review the requirements contained in LEED
v4.1 with your project team and evaluate whether you should go ahead and opt in.
Yes, you should.
Many people in the construction industry may not be aware of the changes
contained in v4.1 and don’t realize that they are 99 percent more likely to be
better off opting in now. It would benefit them greatly, especially if they are
currently working on a v4 project, to take a step back to meet with their teams
and discuss the advantages of the new standards. Because there are definitely
advantages.
When developing v4.1, the USGBC set out to take a more pragmatic approach to the
guidelines, providing options and alternatives to make qualifying for credits
even more possible while still upholding efficiency goals. Under the new
standards, it will be easier to find compliant materials and building products
that count toward certification.
3. Find Someone to Lead the Process
Even if v4.1 provides more opportunities to achieve credits, it won’t do you or
your team any good if nobody is keeping track of what is going on. To stay on
the path to LEED success in 2020, set up clear lines of communication about the
certification process.
The first step is to clearly identify who on the team is doing what. Find
someone to take ownership of LEED documentation and recordkeeping. When no team
member is clearly designated with the responsibility of keeping track of the
documentation process, it is easy for everyone to assume that somebody else is
doing it. This leads to nobody doing it.
By clearly defining the roles of who’s doing what you can ensure that everything
is actually getting done. If nobody does the job, it’s not going to be easy to
recreate the paper trail a year down the road — if it’s possible at all.
4. Be Organized
Keeping track of all the documentation needed for LEED certification requires
discipline. It requires having a record-keeping system in place that is more
than just taking all of your receipts and shoving them in a shoe box in the back
of the closet. Have a systematic process for logging, verifying, and reporting
of all needed items.
Here’s some advice to save yourself a lot of stress: organize the records in a
way that is logical and understandable, so that when it comes time to pull
everything together at the end of the project, you’re not having to spend two
weeks sifting through 10,000 construction photos. That reduces the risk that
you’ll miss something and will makes your life easier because you can quickly
and easily find the information that you need, when you need it.
Looking Ahead
2020 looks like it will be a great year for green construction. Resolve to stay
up to date on the latest standards and innovations. Look for new opportunities
to learn and grow. The future will be even more exciting as both LEED and green
construction technology continue to evolve.
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Tommy Linstroth is founder and CEO of Green Badger, a cloud-based solution for
equipping project teams of all levels of experience with the tools they need to
document LEED as efficiently as possible.
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