Comments on: Innovation and Design Process 2 – LEED Accredited Professional

By: Sophia

Sophia — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:40:57 +0000

Hey anne,

All of your rationale is right. I think the only reason D is bc its anticipated rather than earned (as you said). Membership is only left out because the options that include membership include false items (such as project type).

If you want to be really particular, the question as what ARE factors not what are THE factors. So you don’t have to include all of them. Not ideally worded I agree, it would be better if it was SOME factors.

By: anne

anne — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:34:48 +0000

Back to Stephanie’s question, one of the factors in determining certification costs is definitely ‘membership’ (see table for current Certification Fees) onine. Nonmembers pay about $250 more than members. So is the only reason D is not part of the answer because it says ‘certification level being *sought*’ as opposed to *earned*? I still don’t see how you can leave out membership costs when thinking about certification, as far as I can tell. Am I missing something? Both exam workshops I took say certification is based on rating system, membership, and size (and then, yes, there is the tricky part about level of certification). But I don’t think you can leave out membership.

As a side note, I’m noticing that some of the practice exams (including the flashcards) are from LEED 2.0 and/or 2.1, not 2.2. I wonder if this is why some of the answers seem a bit off.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:05:17 +0000

Thank you!

By: Sophia

Sophia — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:29:52 +0000

Cindy, the project administrator manages the LEED Online process. They are
1) the main contact for LEED Online
2) they invite team members
3) they validate project information
4) assign credit responsibility
5) submit the complete template

They do not have to be the LEED AP but often are. By contrast the LEED AP coordinates among the different project team disciplines and are knowledgeble about the application process.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:25:31 +0000

What is the project administrators role in LEED?

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:27:45 +0000

Be careful on that question — only the CERTIFICATION fees are refunded if you get platinum…i’ve seen the question worded as such with REGISTRATION fees…which do not get refunded, regardless of platinum achievement.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:08:42 +0000

I take that back it does refund for platinum. Trick question. No wonder i cant pass the damn test.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:58:06 +0000

I am pretty sure you do not get refunds for platinum status.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:14:52 +0000

I have a question from a practice exam:

What are factors in determining a project’s cost for LEED certification:

A. USGBC membership, project size, and project type (office, mixed use, education, government)
B. LEED rating system (LEED NC, LEED EB, etc) and project type
C. Project size and LEED rating system
D. USGBC membership and certification level being sought
E. Certification level earned

Ans are C+E. Can someone explain why E? Is it because if you ever get Platnum, all cost will get refund?

My exam is next week. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:40:12 +0000

I have purchased the audio and digital study guide, but did not get an email to allow me to download. How long should I wait?

Thanks

By: sit

sit — Sun, 18 May 2008 01:02:15 +0000

What is a Project Administrator Role in Leed?

By: Lilian

Lilian — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:58:47 +0000

thanks Pat…guess does make sense.
but i am not finding in my reference guide that says construction phase…which page?

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:31:09 +0000

Lilian,

I double checked, and the reference guide does say Construction Phase. It doesn’t explain why, but this would be my best guess:

Rememeber that there are two submittal phases for LEED: design and construction phase. The purpose of the design phase is so that a project team can hear back from the usgbc whether or not those credits submitted during the design phase will be most likely accepted as is, or if they need to re-work things in order to raise the chances of meeting the requirements of that particular credit by final review. Since this credit is so easy (all you have to do is have a LEED AP on board), there is no bother submitting it once during the design phase submittal, only to have the response be “you will probably recieve 1 credit for this during final review”.

I hope that makes sense. Thanks for the question Lilian.

By: Lilian

Lilian — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:22:07 +0000

why construction phase when the LEED AP is involved right from the start?