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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s been a decade or more but someone did do this, they went through the trouble to synthesize a project and push it through LEED certification and it made it. It would certainly be a lot easier to do this now with the ability to automatically
create some of the documents. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m not too worried about totally false projects, but the system could be gamed for individual credits.
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<p class="MsoNormal">That’s one reason I like Green Globes as there is either a virtual or in-person site visit to verify the property. At the macro level there wouldn’t ever be a completely made up facility, but at the individual criteria level there is some
review of the scope with a physical/virtual verification. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Bldg-sim <bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Yates via Bldg-sim<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 10, 2025 7:35 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> bldg-sim@onebuilding.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Bldg-sim] cheat-gpt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Hi there,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Just a philosophical one; maybe even an existential one
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😐</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Given LLMs’ “autocorrect on steroids” abilities, what risk do we see ourselves exposed to as modelling professionals?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Let’s give an example…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-GB">A full LEED application including reports, unmet load tables, “error” reports.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-GB">Not based on modelling – all reports and outputs generated with LLMs.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I think it would be relatively easy to do this, and present something that would stand up to review.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I think this poses the following questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"><span lang="EN-GB">If our main value offering can be replaced with auto-complete, what is the value of what we’re doing, anyway?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"><span lang="EN-GB">How can we improve the value?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6"><span lang="EN-GB">How can we protect that value?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I’d like to propose some solutions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-GB">Tie Design stage models into the Operation of the building – calibrate<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-GB">Rather than just submitting reports, place model input files into
<b>escrow</b> with GBCI (or their local equivalent)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Controversial?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:#FFCC00">CAUTION:
</span></strong><em><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:#FFCC00">This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender
and know the content is safe.</span></b></em><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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