LEED FELLOW
The LEED Fellow designates the most exceptional professionals in the green building industry. LEED Fellows are vanguards in the field whose vision and leadership have influenced the transformation of the built environment through green design and practice.
LEED Fellows are a highly accomplished class of individuals nominated by their peers and distinguished by the caliber of their contributions to advancing the field of green building.
GBCI was pleased to announce last September the
2011 LEED Fellows, the program’s inaugural class.
The nomination period for the 2012 LEED Fellow class opens January 4, 2012. View the
LEED Fellow Handbook for full details.
Eligibility
To be nominated as a LEED Fellow, nominees must have:
- held a LEED Professional credential for eight or more years;
- a LEED AP with Specialty credential in good standing;
- ten years of professional green building experience; and
- agreed to be nominated.
To nominate a LEED Fellow, nominators must have: - a LEED AP with Specialty credential in good standing;
- ten years of professional green building experience;
- nominated no one else for the current LEED Fellow class;
- not been nominated for the current LEED Fellow class; and
- agreed to be a nominator.
Evaluation Criteria
The criteria for assessing LEED Fellow nominees are based on five major dimensions of green building and sustainability that have been identified as mastery elements. The application process allows nominees to document their green building and sustainability knowledge, skills and abilities in four of the five mastery elements. One of the elements must be Technical Proficiency, and the nominee may choose the other three elements from Education and Mentoring, Leadership, Commitment and Service, and Advocacy.
Technical Proficiency
A LEED Fellow is highly proficient technically. He or she is experienced and knowledgeable in the application of multiple LEED rating systems and has provided significant contributions to LEED projects. A LEED Fellow is adept at identifying technical or procedural solutions to green building challenges and has demonstrated a sustained level of accomplishment for at least ten years.
Education and Mentoring
A LEED Fellow provides education, training and mentoring—sharing knowledge about LEED, sustainability and green building with others, both inside and outside of his or her own organization.
Leadership
A LEED Fellow is a leader in his or her own organization and in the field of green building. He or she plays an important role in instituting and applying sustainability practices and procedures within his or her own organization as well as within clients’ projects and the community.
Commitment and Service
A LEED Fellow demonstrates a history of commitment and service to green building. This can include contribution and service to GBCI and USGBC or other Green Building Councils, as well as community service that has furthered green building or sustainability.
Advocacy
A LEED Fellow is a longstanding advocate for sustainable ideas, concepts and technologies related to or promoting green building or sustainability. He or she delivers presentations and speeches and writes articles or books explaining green building and sustainability. A LEED Fellow also proactively encourages the adoption and use of LEED rating systems with clients, communities or government entities.
Please contact the LEED Fellow hotline at (202) 742-3272 with any questions.