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Extracted Content
- Alternative Compliance Paths (ACPs) provide additional options to content that address unique project needs and advancements in science and technology.
Non-substantive changes to LEED include grammatical and typographical changes in content that further refine or correct unclear wording and do not substantively change the way a given requirement is meant to be interpreted. Non-substantive changes may include spelling, grammar and punctuation changes as well as language rearrangement and/or reformatting. Non-substantive changes do not need input from LEED committees.
Updates
Updates to LEED include substantive changes to content that are part of the regular evolution of LEED. Updates cannot be integrated into LEED content unless approved through the LEED balloting procedures. To be considered an update to LEED, a change must meet any of the following criteria:
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Creation of new credits or prerequisites
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Revisions to the point value of a single credit or credit category
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Modifications to existing credit or prerequisite language as part of deliberate, next version improvements that change stringency or technical rigor
Updates to LEED may be placed in the LEED Pilot Credit Library for testing and refinement prior to ballot.
IX. APPENDIX 4: APPEALS
A. Lodging An Appeal
An appeal may be lodged on procedural and/or substantive grounds. Any USGBC member in good standing that opted-in to the consensus balloting step may lodge an appeal on procedural and/or substantive grounds. USGBC members agree, as a condition of membership, to follow the procedures set out in this or subsequent updates to Foundations of LEED ; and all members opting in to a ballot will be asked to confirm that they have read and are familiar with Foundations of LEED before submitting their ballot. An appeal on only procedural grounds is permitted to be lodged by any party with a direct and material interest and who has been or will be adversely affected by actions or inactions by USGBC procedures with regard to the development, approval, revision, reaffirmation, or withdrawal of the LEED green building rating system under ballot.
Time for lodging an Appeal: Appeals must be presented within thirty (30) calendar days after announcement of the results of the vote of the consensus body. The filing of an appeal shall not delay the implementation of an affirmatively balloted measure unless otherwise determined by USGBC in its sole discretion.
Process for Lodging an Appeal: A notice of appeal must be submitted in writing to USGBC’s Vice President of Governance. Each appeal shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $1000 or otherwise in accordance with a fee schedule published by USGBC. This fee may be waived or reduced upon sufficient evidence of hardship. Parties wishing to request a fee waiver shall provide such request and supporting materials to the USGBC Board along with their notice of intent to appeal. Such fee shall be returned in the event that the USGBC Board returns a resolution or final determination favorable to the appellant.
B. Form of Appeal
Procedural appeals must describe, in writing and with specificity, and attaching supporting documentation as appropriate:
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The date or occasion of any alleged process irregularity;
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Written objections raised or comments made contemporaneously or reasonably following the process irregularity;
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The adverse impact on USGBC members or the general public; and
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How the adverse impact of the process irregularity is material or substantial.
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