You can earn up to 5 Continuing Education (CE) hours per reporting period for attending a Live Presentation!

LEED Professionals can earn CE hours through a variety of activities. Activity hours refer to the actual time LEED Professionals are engaged in a credential maintenance activity. There are eight delivery methods:
    1.    professional development courses;
    2.    live presentations;
    3.    self-study programs, including reading professional manuals, publications, and/or articles;
    4.    college and university courses;
    5.    certificates, professional licenses, and credentials;
    6.    committee and volunteer work;
    7.    authorship; and
    8.    LEED project participation

Refer to live presentations of the Credential Maintenance Program Guide for details.

For live presentations, which must be between 50 and 90 minutes in length, where a presenter delivers content in real-time to an in-person audience or through broadcast technology, as an attendee or as a presenter, discussion leader, speaker, or panelist.
Presenters of or speakers at live presentations may earn up to 2 additional CE hours per presentation for developing/researching content. However, a specific presentation may be counted only once during any 2-year reporting period unless the LEED Professional can show that he/she has made significant changes to the presentation content.

CE hours possible:

• 1 CE hour for first activity hour

• 0.5 CE hours for an additional full half of one activity hour. *

* For example, a 75-minute program earns 1 CE hour; a 100-minute program earns 1.5 hours; a 120-minute program earns 2 hours.

LEED-specific hours possible:

• No.

Limitations:

• CE hours may be earned only once for attending or leading the same presentation.
• CE hours earned as a presenter, discussion leader, speaker, or panelist at live presentations may not exceed 50% of the total CE hours per 2-year reporting period per credential.
• CE hours earned as an attendee at live presentations may not exceed 5 hours per 2-year reporting period per credential.
  

Refer to the GBCI website to learn more about Earning & Reporting CE hours.

For CE hours, LEED Professionals should report only activities that:
    •    address one or more topics in Appendix A of the CMP and are  related to green building and/or green technology.
    •    are chosen by LEED Professionals for their own professional development. These should supplement LEED knowledge in the areas of sustainable building practices, materials, and technologies, working with an integrated design team and, for specialists, advanced education related to specific specialties.
    •    do not endorse or promote any companies or products.
    •    increase the competency of LEED Professionals.
    •    follow current green building practices and provide accurate and relevant program content.