I just received an email today from GBCI Italia that reads as follows (for those of you who don’t speak Italian, please scroll down):
Ritenendo la cosa utile,
GBC Italia intende informarla che nel caso in cui abbiate già fatto il passaggio da LEED AP NC2.2 a le nuove credenziali LEED AP 2009 (BD&C, ID&C….), (vedi sito www.gbci.org per maggiori informazioni),
tale passaggio implica il mantenimento delle credenziali mezzo
30 ore di formazione biennali da riportare nel proprio profilo (my credential sul sito di
gbci.org).
Il non aderire al sistema 2009 e il non completare il CMP
entro il 2 agosto 2011, implica la necessità di dover risuperare l’esame per continuare ad esercitare attività di LEED AP.
Nello specifico, questo programma di continuo aggiornamento prende il nome di Credential Maintenance Program (CMP) http://www.gbci.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=3665 8 (link di riferimento)
A tal proposito informiamo che, durante il primo semestre 2009, vi sarà la possibilità di ottenere fino a 14 delle 30 ore richieste frequentando i corsi che GBC Italia ha organizzato assieme a US GBC.
I corsi si svolgeranno a Trento (30 – 31 Marzo 2010) e a Verona (6 – 7 Maggio 2010) http://www.gbcitalia.org/index.php/primo-semestre
sono validi al fine di completare il CMP e valgono 7 ore ciascuno.(Le giornate di Trento e di Verona si equivalgono e non sono cumulabili !)
Rimanendo a disposizione per ulteriori chiarimenti ed informazioni,
con l’occasione si porgono i più cordiali saluti.
Elisa Dall’Agnol
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Ufficio Formazione
GBC Italia
Basically, it says that GBC Italia (which has just started up rather recently and is still going through the formation process) will be informed of all LEED AP’s in Italy who have registered for prescriptive credentialing in a specialty under the new version of LEED. They are giving notice that LEED AP’s in Italy need to complete all 30 required hours of continuing education prior to
AUGUST 2, 2011
in order to continue under the LEED Italia system. If you fail to do this, you will need to take the exam again. They then go on to announce that there will be opportunities in the first half of 2009, which is probably supposed to be 2010, to obtain 14 of your 30 hours IN ITALY !!! The somewhat confusing
list of courses available here in Italy are posted on the GBC Italia website in a characteristically Italian manner. It looks like you must purchase ‘vouchers’ (at €300 for members and €400 for non-members) in order to attend the conferences. And it seems (although it’s a bit confusing) that there will also be seminars available that are more specific to LEED Italia.
According to GBCI:
All LEED-specific continuing education must be approved and designated as LEED-specific by an ERB or GBCI and meet one or more of the following criteria:
be process-related to LEED.
be credit and/or category related, such as dealing with requirements, intents, or version comparisons.
be a LEED update (in-depth, technical).
be an in-depth LEED project case study targeted toward one specific LEED credit.
show a best practice lesson which entails successful or unsuccesful implementation of LEED, such as:- examples of LEED implementation that have resulted in failure and should be avoided,
- implementing LEED while maintaining compliance with local codes and regulations,
- successfully implementing LEED using innovation as a tool to guide the project.
show benefits of using LEED (ROI, grants, taxes, incentives).
For the LEED AP credential, the six LEED-specific hours must directly relate to the LEED AP’s specialty designation.
I’ll just repeat that for emphasis: you must have 6 LEED-specific hours directly related to your specialty designation.
Then, GBCI adds this little bit to confuse you:
CE hours that conform to the above definition of LEED-specific. Three of the LEED Green Associate’s 15 CE hours must be LEED-specific hours. Six of the LEED AP’s 30 CE hours must be LEED-specific. (For the LEED AP credential, the LEED-specific hours must directly relate to the LEED AP’s specialty designation.)
LEED-specific professional development courses, self-study programs, and college and university courses are designated by the ERBs; with the exception of LEED-specific hours earned through authorship or LEED project participation, only activities designated as LEED specific by an ERB can count toward the above requirements. The above requirements are minimums; all of the required CE hours for LEED Green Associates and LEED APs can be earned in LEED-specific hours.definition
