LEED® 2012 is now holding its third public comment period and it will take place from March 1st through the 20th. This marks the start of the LEED 2012 program delivery process.

According to the USGBC, the focus of this third draft is on “providing a simple-to-use, technically advanced and more robust system.” Members will be able to access the updated draft along with technical refinements, scorecards, and responses to comments from previous public comments in order to comment on this third draft. Members will be allowed to comment on any changes made since the second public comment period which ran from August 1 through September 14, 2011 and was discussed in a previous blog post.

Important Dates to Remember:

• March 1-20 - Third public comment period is open
• March 1 – Eligibility deadline to bring membership to “good standing” status to vote in LEED 2012 ballot per USGBC Membership Policies & Procedures.
• April 2 – May 1 – LEED 2012 ballot opt. in period
• June 1 – 30 - LEED 2012 ballot voting period