LEED Professional Accreditation

Find a LEED Professional in your area by searching the GBCI website:

LEED Professional Directoy 

Become a LEED Green Associate in 2012!

Register for a USGBC Online Anytime Course and Receive a 10% Discount
Looking for a structured course that features real project examples, hands-on activities, and knowledge assessments to reinforce what you’re learning? Look no further than USGBC’s online courses

Sign Up Here for one of the four on-demand courses listed below and receive a 10% discount when you use the JRGBC special discount code: JRGBCEdu

The four online courses that will receive the 10% discount are as follows:
LEED 101: Green Building Basics and LEED Online
LEED 101: Green Building Basics and LEED (Spanish Version)
LEED 201: Core Concepts & Strategies
LEED 202: How to Document and Certify Projects

Preparing for the test?
FEA is conducting web-based training to help you prepare for the LEED Green Associate testthrough the James River Green Building Council.  The training is comprised of four 1-hour sessions, once a week, for 4 weeks starting on February 13th.  Watch at your desk over your lunch break  from 12:00-1:00 pm and get prepared! Miss a session? They will be recorded and posted online afterward for your review.  All are welcome, chapter members and non-members.

Read more and register here!

The LEED Professional Credentials and Exams are now administered by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI).

JRGBC and USGBC  remain your source for education resources to prepare for and maintain your credentials! JRGBC and its parent organization, the USGBC, continue to provide support to aspiring and current LEED APs and LEED Green Associates through education, study and reference materials, and other resources that help you gain the understanding of LEED you will need to become a LEED Professional, as well as support GBCI’s credential maintenance requirements.

If you are just starting on your path toward a LEED Professional Credential, remember these four steps:

  1. Download the GBCI candidate handbook for the credential you are seeking.
  2. Determine if you meet eligibility requirements. The LEED Green Associate eligibility requirement can be satisfied by taking USGBC’s LEED 201 workshop, which also helps you prepare for the exam (learn more »). To take the LEED AP exams, you must have previous experience with a LEED-registered project within three years of your application submittal date.
  3. Register for the exam at gbci.org.
  4. Start studying! Check out the USGBC list of LEED Professional Credential Exam Preparation Resources.

Visit GBCI.org if you need to do the following:

  • Search the directory LEED Professional Credential holders
  • Register as an exam candidate
  • Submit continuing education activities toward your credential maintenance requirements
  • Learn more about the credentials, who they are for, eligibility requirements, the exam format, etc.

 

Benefits of Earning a LEED Credential

 - Strengthen your green building credentials
 - Market your green building knowledge to potential employers and clients.
 - Help a LEED registered project earn one point toward certification.
 - Contribute to your professional development.
 - Earn recognition with the nation’s predominant green building professional credential.
 - Receive a LEED credential certificate and opt to be listed in GBCI’s Directory of LEED Professional Directory.

How to Become a LEED AP

1.  Become LEED Green Associate:

2. Become a LEED AP with speciality

Tiers of Accreditation

LEED Green Associate
LEED AP

Tier I

LEED Green Associate: As the first step in the LEED professional’s career pathway, the Green Associate credential attests to the candidate’s knowledge of good environmental practice and skill, and reflects understanding and support of green design, construction, and operations. There are no specialties within the LEED Green Associate tier. More

Tier II

LEED AP+: The LEED AP+ credential signifies an advanced depth of knowledge of green building practices. LEED AP+s will earn their credentials in one (or more) of the following five specialties:
1.      Building Design + Construction(BD+C)
2.      Operations + Maintenance (O+M)
3.      Interior Desing+ Construction(ID+C)
4.      Homes
5.      Neighborhood Development (ND)

Tier III

LEED AP Fellow: Although the application process is currently under development, this tier will distinguish an elite class of leading professionals. Fellows contribute to the standards of practice and body of knowledge for achieving continuous improvement in the green building field.

Exam

Accordingly, the LEED AP Test has been changed into a two part test dependent on which tier an individual is testing for. Tier I, the LEED Green Associate Exam, is a 2 hour, computer-based, multiple-choice examination which also serves as Part 1 of the Tier II test.

Those testing for Tier II (LEED AP+) will need to complete a second 2-hour, computer-based, multiple-choice examination (Part II) in one of the five specialty tracks listed above, in addition to taking the LEED Green Associate Exam (Part I).

Requirements

Along with the new format of the test, the requirements to take the test have changed. These new qualifications to take the LEED AP exam take effect for any exam scheduled after April 1, 2009. Under the new qualifications you must:

1. Agree to the Disciplinary Policy and Credential Maintenance Requirements as outlined by the Green Building Certification Institute.

2. EITHER document involvement in support of LEED OR be employed in a sustainable field of work OR engaged in an education program in green building principles and LEED.

3. Submit to an application audit. Five to seven percent of all applications will be audited; you will be notified immediately if you are chosen for an audit and will be notified of your eligibility within 14 days. (From GBCI Website)

August 26, 2009 by JRGBC Admin