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1. Each member of the consensus committee shall vote one of the following positions:

a. Affirmative b. Affirmative, with comment c. Negative, with comment d. Abstain

2. All negative votes submitted without comment or with comment not related to the ballot shall count toward quorum but shall not be factored into the numerical requirements for consensus. The consensus members shall discuss the comments offered amongst themselves in order to seek consensus.

3. Consensus is achieved when:

a. A majority (more than 50%) of the members of the committee casts a vote, including abstentions; and b. A minimum of two-thirds of votes cast are affirmative votes; and c. At least three of seven interest groups are represented on the committee and the members of at least two interest groups cast affirmative votes.

4. All negative votes shall be recorded as unresolved negatives. Once the consensus committee has achieved consensus, the final language shall be published for ratification by the USGBC membership as a whole. Failure to meet quorum by voting members of USGBC within thirty days of offering the language to the USGBC members for ratification shall deem the final language to have been ratified, so long as a majority of votes cast by voting members are in favor of such ratification.

E. Meetings with USGBC

Any member may request, either in groups or singly, a meeting with USGBC’s VP of Governance, or other USGBC staff as designated by the CEO, to discuss and address concerns at any point during the above- described process. Similarly, in the discretion of USGBC, USGBC may invite members or other persons, either in groups or singly, to meet with staff to discuss and address concerns at any point during the above-described process. If, after such meetings the member’s concerns remain unresolved, opting-in members may appeal only as set forth in Appendix IV, Appeals.

Note : the USGBC Board of Directors may withdraw language presented for public comment or vote at any time during the abovedescribed process.

VIII. APPENDIX 3: CHANGES

USGBC may issue periodic addenda and/or updates to LEED content (i.e., credits, prerequisites or credit point values) in accordance with the processes outlined below. These processes consider the type of issue and the appropriate individual or party to address the proposed change. Updates requiring balloting will follow a separate process.

Addenda

Addenda are changes to LEED that include both substantive and non-substantive changes. A request for addenda may come from USGBC staff, the Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), LSC, a LEED committee, working group, or advisory group and may be applied to the current version of LEED on a regular basis without following LEED balloting procedures. LEED projects are required to use current addenda available at time of registration.

Substantive Changes to LEED content include corrections, interpretations and alternative compliance paths that may substantively change the way a given requirement is achieved or meant to be achieved. All proposed substantive changes must be brought to the appropriate LEED committee for review and recommendation. The relevant committee shall make the final determination concerning proposed Substantive Changes. Substantive Changes will go into effect immediately, but will be subject to comment and ballot in the next available LEED ballot. Substantive Changes are defined as follows:

1. Corrections fix unintentional inaccuracies, errors and/or omissions in content.

2. LEED Interpretations define or expand upon existing content to provide clarity where a misunderstanding of language has occurred.

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