Each month the Metro 1 Green Building Resource Center offers LEED Green Associate prep courses. These courses provide attendees with best practices and techniques for studying and taking the exam. The course also provides the required documented letter showing completion of an education program that addresses green building principles.  To register or learn more about our LEED Green Associate prep course visit http://www.metro1gbrc.com/programs-events. The LEED Green Associate credential is for professionals who want to demonstrate green building expertise in non-technical fields of practice, GBCI has created the LEED Green Associate credential, which denotes basic knowledge of green design, construction, and operations.

Eligibility Requirements

Candidates must have experience in the form of:

EITHER documented involvement on a LEED-registered project
OR employment (or previous employment) in a sustainable field of work
OR engagement in (or completion of) an education program that addresses green building principles. 

To take the LEED Green Associate exam, you must have experience in the form of involvement on a LEED-registered project, employment (or previous employment) in a sustainable field of work, or engagement in (or completion of) an education program that addresses green building principles. You only have to meet one of these criteria to demonstrate eligibility. Your experience must be documented 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.* Your eligibility documentation should meet 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, for example 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 candidates who have attended or are attending an education program that addresses green building principles, GBCI will accept a certificate of completion or an official transcript in lieu of a letter of attestation. Any other eligibility documentation must be in the form of a letter of attestation.

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