LEED green associate, BS?
LEED green associate, BS?
(OP)
Is a LEED green associate exam worth my money ($175 for the class to meet eligibility and $200 for the test, yeouch!)
Will this help me move into the field of MEP, building commissioning, energy auditing and the like?
I'm an ME with 2 yrs experience, 1 in piping engineering with work in building codes, that's my most relevant experience.
I have a sinking suspicion that at best putting LEED GA on my resume will get me past some text filters on resume systems, but would like any other opinions.
Any thoughts?
Will this help me move into the field of MEP, building commissioning, energy auditing and the like?
I'm an ME with 2 yrs experience, 1 in piping engineering with work in building codes, that's my most relevant experience.
I have a sinking suspicion that at best putting LEED GA on my resume will get me past some text filters on resume systems, but would like any other opinions.
Any thoughts?





RE: LEED green associate, BS?
If possible, try to go further and obtain the AP accreditation. I'm fairly limited in my experience with all things LEED but it does seem that the GA is now meant as either a stepping stone to get the AP status or for educational purposes (kinda like taking one or two courses in a Master's program just for the knowledge but not receiving the degree). Again, I'm not stomping on the GA, just merely pointing out my observations thus far. Good luck in your endeavors.
A good website for LEED discussion is www.areforum.org. Theres a section for LEED topics. It may help answer some of your questions.
RE: LEED green associate, BS?
RE: LEED green associate, BS?
It probably doesn't hurt, unless you can't pay your rent because of the fee. I've been looking for a job for almost a year and I see a lot of ads wanting LEED accreditation.
"If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance!"
RE: LEED green associate, BS?
Passing the LEED GA will indicate you know the LEED criteria but will not indicate you know how to fill out all the paperwork and keep track of all the other stuff.
Where I work - we have a lot of "grandfathered" LEED AP's who are working in a specialty (either design and construction, or existing buildings) who work the technical aspect, know the LEED criteria enough to discuss it with clients, but don't do all the paperwork and tracking.
We have a separate department that handles the project managment of the LEED projects we have.
If you work for a company where there are few LEED AP or GA personnel - you will likely want to take the AP test if you want to be tasked with doing all the PM tasks.
My personal opinion is the LEED criteria will eventually be incorporated into regular design education and the whole LEED / USGBC will go away.
RE: LEED green associate, BS?
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