LEED Gets User Friendly

Vol. 14, No. 9), the process changes involve a powerful new “LEED Online” website for submitting applications, the ability to get feedback on design-phase credits prior to submitting the full application, and the elimination of requests for follow-up documentation by reviewers. All of these changes have potentially dramatic ramifications. “Folks are in for a completely different LEED,” promises Tom Hicks, USGBC vice president of LEED.