definition | ‘LEED-Specific Hours’
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
