LEED v4.1 should be used without a doubt for the BPDO and Low-Emitting Credits, and most likely will help you with Construction Waste Management. Within Green Badger, you opt into V4.1 on a credit by credit basis.

First, make sure you’ve selected a LEED Rating System Subtype on your Project Details page.

In the credits you want to use LEED v4.1 with, select LEED v4.1 in the dropdown menu in the top right hand side of the credit screen. That’s it! The system will take it from there.

To set up a credit in LEED Online for v4.1

Log into LEED Online, select the Credits tab, and find the credit you want to use LEED v4.1 on. you’ll see a little circle all the way on the right hand side of the screen with an up and down arrow.

To opt into v4.1, simply click the circle, and hit Confirm on the next screen, and you’re set.

Click the ‘Project Team’ button in the top right corner of your project dashboard. Click the drop down under ‘Role’ for the applicable team member and select their new user role.

 

You can add or remove project team members in your main project dashboard. Navigate to the “project team” button, to add a user simply scroll down to “invite new members”, select a user role, enter their email (if you’re going to send multiple invitations just include a comma and a space between email addresses), click send, and they’ll get a link to join the project. To remove team members, just find the team member you want to remove, click the red trash can, and they’ll be removed from the project and no longer have access.

LEED Online may be the most frustrating thing currently available on the internet. You should only go to LEED Online once your project documentation is complete and you have no further edits, updates or reports to do. There are slight variations for your LEED Online requirements depending on which rating system and version you are using. Assuming you’ve already exported everything from Green Badger, here are the typical next steps.

Each credit has multiple options within LEED Online.

Form: The form is the LEED Online template you fill out with final project compliance. It varies by credit, but typically they will ask for your method of compliance, and let you know any required uploads. For this credit, it would ask how many EPDs the project had, and let you know to upload the completed BPDO calculator. If additional backup documentation was required (i.e. the actual EPDS) the form would tell you. Fill in the fields for the Option you are attempting, enter your name at the bottom, and click Save.
Thresholds: Some credits have multiple credit options or point levels. In the thresholds tab, you’ll select the option you are pursuing. In this example, you would indicate if you were pursuing EPD Option 1, Option 2 or both.

Uploads: This tab is where you upload any required project documentation that was identified in the Form.

Upload any required project information. You can only upload 1 file at a time, so have fun with that! In this case, you would upload the BPDO calculator. If the form asks for the actual EPDs, just upload the zip file with all the EPDs you exported from Green Badger. You don’t have to upload the EPDs one by one.

Credit Library: This tab links to the USGBC’s overall LEED Credit Library and is where you’ll find the official credit requirements.

Education: USGBC has a partnership with the good people at LEEDUser to help demystify all the nuances of LEED. They are a great resource to really go down some rabbit holes if you’ve got more questions on a specific topic.

LEED v4.1 Opt-in – Last but not least, you’ll see a little circle all the way on the right hand side of the screen with an up and down arrow. This is how you opt a credit into LEED v4.1. If the circle is not already BLUE, as in the example, that means the credit has not yet opted into v4.1 To do so, simply Click the circle, and hit Confirm on the next screen, and you’re set.

Kick back and have a cold one! Green Badger will continue to host your project information in read-only format, so you can always come back and check things out. Here’s our suggested workflow once your project is complete. Export each credit by using the Export button in the top Right corner. Select all the options for each credit to ensure you’ll have a complete project file. Download the associated zip files and save locally or to your corporate server so you will have off-line access to all project information. If you haven’t done so, upload all calculators and required backup information to LEED Online.

Some credits require written action plans as part of the documentation requirement. For construction credits, this includes Construction Waste Management and Indoor Air Quality Management. There’s no need to reinvent the wheel! Click to access our editable templates for a IAQ Management Plan Template and Construction Waste Management Plan Template.

NOTE: There is a space in Erosion Control to upload the project’s Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan. This plan is typically created by the project’s civil engineer and is not something the general contractor needs to create. The general contractor needs to implement the measures in the plan, and verify they are being maintained, but is not the one who actually creates the plan. If you check the civil drawings in your construction documents, you’ll likely find it there.

 

You can export reports from Green Badger at any time. Click the EXPORT button in the top Right corner, and select what you would like to export. If you export a single file, it will be available to download. If you select multiple options, you’ll download a zip file. When the export is ready, you will see a note in the Top Left appear that says ‘Export Successful – Download Here’. Click the ‘Download Here’ link to download and save wherever your internet downloads go. You’ll also receive an email with a link to download when the export is complete.

Construction Waste – LEED Construction and Demolition Waste Calculator, Waste Tickets (zip file of all uploaded waste tickets), Waste Log (excel log of everything in Green Badger), and Construction Waste Management Plan if the team has uploaded it. You’ll submit the Calculator and CWM Plan to LEED online.

Sustainable Materials – Materials Calculator (LEED Building Product and Disclosure Optimization Calculator) – this is USGBC’s BPDO calculator (Excel) required for submission, Product Data Sheets (Zip file off all product data sheets. You’ll get a separate zip file for each credit/option with all your EPDs, HPDs, etc). This can be a very large file depending on how many products you’ve tracked, so be patient!

Low Emitting Materials – Low Emitting Materials Calculator – this is USGBC’s low-emitting calculator (Excel) required for your documentation. Product data sheets – Zip file of all VOC and Emissions data sheets. The zip file will contain multiple zip files for each product category.

Erosion and Sedimentation Control – All Reports – Zip file with pdfs of all ESC reports created using Green Badger, Images- Zip file of all pictures taken using Green Badger, Third Party Reports – Zip file with pdfs of all third-party reports uploaded to Green Badger, Erosion Control Management Plan – PDF of the project erosion control plan if uploaded by the team. Individual reports can be exported using the XX Button on the right side of each report.

Indoor Air Quality Management – All Reports – Zip file with pdfs of all IAQ reports created using Green Badger, Images- Zip file of all pictures taken using Green Badger, IAQManagement Plan – PDF of the project IAQ plan if uploaded by the team. Individual reports can be exported using the XX Button on the right side of each report.

Green Badger’s dashboard is set up to track two main things: where your project is in construction, and how well it’s performing across its LEED goals. Where it is in construction is shown in this green progress bar. That’s based on whatever you’ve entered for your start & end dates, and is just a percentage of that based on schedule.

Beneath, you have your LEED credit status. Progress is tracked color-coded. If it’s red, the team has not made any entries contributing to that credit. If it’s yellow, you’re making progress but haven’t hit a threshold for any points. Dark green means you’re currently earning one point. Bright green is two points, and bright blue is three points. For the inspection-based credits of erosion control & indoor air quality where there’s not a certain LEED threshold, those just stay grey and show a count of how many inspections have been created.

The dials represent progress towards earning a LEED credit. The value displayed is specific to each credit/option based on what the specific LEED threshold is. For example, 79% is Construction Waste means that the project is currently diverted 79% of its waste. If 17 is displayed in EPD Option 1, the project currently has 17 products with environmental product declarations. Low Emitting represents the number of compliant product categories earned, and Erosion Control and IAQ Inspections shows the total number of inspections that have been completed.

The colors change as progress towards meeting LEED thresholds is made. If no entries have been made, the dials will be red. Once entries have begun, the dial will turn yellow, indicating progress is being made:

• Dark Green indicates 1 LEED point is being earned, Bright Green is 2 points, and Bright Blue is 3 points (Exemplary Performance).
• Grey dials are displayed for credits where there is not a right or wrong LEED threshold. There is not a required number of IAQ or ESC reports that need to be completed, so those dials remain grey.

Your project dashboard can be customized to only display the LEED construction credits your project is pursuing. To customize the dash, click EDIT on your project header, then Manage LEED Credits in the top right corner. Review your LEED scorecard and for any credit/option that is not targeted, select Not Pursuing from the dropdown menu for the credit. You can always turn credits back on if your scorecard changes down the road!

The materials credits have 2 options available. If you’re scorecard only shows 1 point, the most commonly pursued options are:

• Environmental Product Declarations – Option 1
• Sourcing of Raw Materials – Option 2
• Material Ingredient Reporting – Option 1

You can easily edit which credits are displayed on your dashboard within your credit workflow, to add and remove the credits that your project is going for based on your LEED scorecard. Click the “edit” button on your dashboard, there’s a button that says “manage LEED credits”. Select that and simply, any credits you’re not pursuing, move to “not pursuing”. Note that the credit language & titles reflect LEED v4 – for example, you’ll see “50% compliance” rather than “5 products” for EPD option 2 – but you can easily see what the credit is and whether it’s option 1 or 2, and it doesn’t matter whether you’re using LEED v4 or v4.1. Just find the option, select whether you’re pursuing it or not, and move it in that direction. By default, all options are turned on when you start your project, and you can turn these on or off at any time. Even if you decide down the road that you want to go for a credit, you can simply turn it on, and if you have any entries contributing to that, they will appear. So you are never at risk of not being able to enter or see that data, it’s simply a visual display of the credits you are going for or not.

1. Once you are logged into Green Badger, you can create a project by clicking the ADD button in the upper right corner.
2. Select the appropriate LEED Rating system (LEED 2009 NC, LEED v4, BD+C, etc), and the LEED project subtype (New Construction, Core and Shell).
3. Fill out any relevant project details (address, start/end dates) and click the ADD button to create your project.
4. Project activation requires a paid project license. Contact demo@getgreenbadger.com to confirm project duration and payment to activate your project.

There are two ways to change your password.

1. Click Account Settings, and update password
2. OR – Use the Reset Password link on the login page. Enter your email address and you’ll be sent a link to reset your password. Follow the link and create a new password for your account.

 

 

To reset your password, use the Reset Password link on the login page. Enter your email address and you’ll be sent a link to reset your password. Follow the link and create a new password for your account.