- How do I decide between Plan and Design or Existing Project type?
- Where do I find the rating system guides and additional resources?
- How do I register my project?
- When registering a community project, I get an error message to "enter valid total area". How do I correct this?
How do I decide between Plan and Design or Existing Project type?
The first step is to identify which adaptation to use: Plan and Design or Existing.
- Plan and Design: A project should use the "Plan and Design" adaptation of the rating system when it is in the planning phase, and must submit for certification before over 75% of its total planned building gross floor area has been constructed.
- Existing: If 75% or more of a project’s total planned building gross floor area is constructed, a project must use the Existing rating system and must certify after being operational for a minimum of one year.
From there, you can determine whether it is a city or a community.
Where do I find the rating system guides and additional resources?
Beta Guides and additional resources for all four adaptations of the rating system can be found on the LEED for Cities and LEED for Communities homepages as well as the USGBC resource library.
How do I register my project?
Project registration for all four adaptations is supported in LEED Online.
To get started, select either "Cities" or "Communities" on the right, then select either the "Create a new city" or "Create a new community" button.
When registering a community project, I get an error message to "enter valid total area". How do I correct this?
This error message shows up for project with the "Total area" below one square mile. For registration, indicate that the project is "1" square mile in this field. After the project has been registered, contact us providing us with the correct total area of the project, and we will update this in your project.