USGBC to Require 5 Years of Energy and Water Bills for Buildings to Keep LEED Status

The New York TImes reports that many LEED-certified buildings are not living up to the energy-saving potential promised by their design.  The USGBC is going to change certification to require 5 years of energy and water bills in order to keep a building's LEED status.   I am feeling pretty confident that our house, built using PassiveHaus principles, will perform outstandingly in terms of energy savings.  We'll keep the records to prove it so that, if we do get LEED certification, in five years we won't have to give it back.  The Farmer's Almanac predicts numbing cold this winter.  I say, "bring it on".

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[Bill Hawthorne]

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[LEED Certification]

I absolutely support the USGBC's decision to require documentation of LEED upkeep. It makes no sense to go through all the work to attain LEED certification and then not have the building perform to its desired expectations. A "LEED-certified" building is worthless if it does not continually meet the standards of LEED.