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Deadline extension for LEED 2009 project certifications

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USGBC and GBCI are extending the LEED v3 certification deadline from June 30, 2021 to June 30, 2022. LEED v3 includes all LEED 2009 rating systems. The additional year to submit for review is aimed at easing the burden of COVID-19 pandemic project schedule delays.

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USGBC Making Significant Change to LEED 2009

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Green Building Council has just announced that all new projects registering for LEED 2009 beginning on April 8, 2016 will need to satisfy increased minimum energy performance thresholds. Additionally, projects attempting to comply with governmental mandates or contractual obligations for LEED certification may create jeopardy.

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Will Proposed Change to LEED 2009 Kill the Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs?

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Green Building Council is soliciting comments on its proposal to change the prerequisites of the current LEED 2009 rating system increasing the minimum energy performance thresholds. That extension from June 27, 2015, the original date LEED 2009 registration was to close, was occasioned by the delay in LEED v4.

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You Must Register your LEED v2009 project by Halloween

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October 31, 2016 is the last day to register a LEED version 2009 project. GBCI will continue to accept submittals for certification of those projects registered by that date and pursuing v2009 rating systems until June 30, 2021. A complete compilation of LEED registration and certification deadlines are available here.

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New flexible options make achieving LEED certification easier on projects outside the US

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A new set of Global Alternative Compliance Paths, or Global ACPs, are now available for all commercial projects pursuing LEED green building certification using the 2009 versions of the rating systems. read more.

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This is the world’s first Sustainable SITES Initiative v2 Platinum project

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The building originally opened in 2012 and was the first and only project to receive SITES 2009 Pilot Four Star certification. The Center for Sustainable Landscapes (CSL) at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pa.,

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You Need to Review a SITES Scorecard, Now

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And while it is a standalone tool for measuring landscape sustainability, in June 2015, Green Business Certification Inc., the USGBC associated certification body for LEED, announced it had acquired the exclusive rights to the SITES rating system, its publications and trademarks. SITES v2 provides four certification levels.

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