ELIGIBILITY: LEED GREEN ASSOCIATE
Candidates must have experience in the form of
EITHER involvement on a project registered for LEED certification
OR current or previous employment in a sustainable field of work
OR enrollment in or completion of an education program that addresses green building principles.
Only one of these criteria must be met to demonstrate eligibility.
A candidate must describe their eligibility in his/her exam application (including details of the project, employment, or education program and the date(s) of the activity) and document the experience in the form of a letter of attestation from a supervisor, client, project manager, or teacher and must describe your involvement on the job or in the classroom. If audited, the documentation will be reviewedbased on these requirements:
- The letter must be on letterhead or provide other evidence of its authenticity.
- The body of the attestation should be limited to 750 words or less.
- The letter must be dated.
- The letter must be authored and signed by a supervisor, client, project manager, teacher, or someone else qualified to evaluate the applicant’s performance.
- The author’s title and relationship to the applicant should be demonstrated (i.e., through the author’s business card).
- The letter must summarize and confirm the applicant’s participation in one of the three qualifying experience categories (project involvement, employment, or education).
For eligibility based on project involvement:
- The letter must name a specific LEED-registered project.
- The letter must affirm that the applicant was involved with the project.
- The letter must provide the date(s) of the applicants involvement with the project.
For eligibility based on employment:
- The letter must explain how the applicant’s profession or company relates to environmentalism or the green building industry.
- The letter must affirm the applicant’s employment and provide the applicant’s job title or company.
- The letter must provide the applicant’s date(s) of employment.
For eligibility based on education:
- The document must provide the course’s title and provider.
- The document must explain how the course relates to green building principles or LEED.
- The document must affirm that the candidate was enrolled in the course.
- The document must provide the applicant’s date(s) of enrollment.
For eligibility based on education, candidates may submit a certificate of completion or an official transcript in lieu of a letter of attestation.
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