Full disclosure - I'm not at Greenbuild right now, but I am taking advantage of the live streaming seminars on greenbuild365.org. While 95% of the presentation was rehasing info that's been available for months, there was about a minute near the end that provided some extremely useful info! Full disclosure number 2, I report the following as someone who watched a presentation that was frequently losing audio with no view of slides... as a result, I may have missed some info, and you should consider the following unconfirmed reports when it comes to dates. I will be editing this post as I confirm the information.
Release Dates
Again... these are largely unconfirmed, but I'll change the post when I found out more certain information.
- The LEED 2009 reference guides will be available in February
- Registrations for LEED 2009 projects go live in May as well. There is no word yet that I've seen as to when the last day for registrations will occur.
LEED-Online Improvements
On the LEED-Online front, he metioned that the 2009 rollout is built to handle a MILLION users! Hopefully the result is that staggering delays and slowness will soon be a thing of the past.
Favorite Quote
While discussing the future 2 year revision cycle for new LEED systems, Brandon mentioned that people are going to be relieved that the "USGBC has stopped acting like an organization that is so easily distracted by shiny objects." This was a perfect image of how the USGBC has acted in the past, adding rating systems in an inconsistent fashion and failing to really tackle the mundane but important logistical issues once a system is released. I hope this marks the beginning of a new focus towards usability that will benefit everyone working on these projects.
Surprise (to me anyway) Announcement
There was mention that there is going to be a requirement to submit building performance data to the USGBC for all LEED certified buildings. Looks like I need to read through the final rating system draft to see how this is worked out. Expect an update soon.
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The presentation is now available for on-demand streaming. I heard the part about submitting performance data. It doesn't sound like they really have the details worked out though. You can hear it for yourself if you move the quicktime ball to the right of the screen just under the edge of the podium (sorry no time code to reference) I for one welcome this requirement as I have long suspected that some of my competitors in town have been using some questionable methodologies for calculating thier energy usage. I suspect USGBC will keep this data confidential but owners will know and they talk if their building is under or over performing.
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