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Shields; equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] LEED Paperwork - Defaults Overridden<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Michael,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>My suggestion – don’t waste time on “defaults overridden”. You can’t leave it blank – the online template won’t let you. For my first submission, I put “1776” and “2008” (years – I was feeling patriotic), but the reviewer asked why I changed so many defaults. So I lowered it closer to zero. Try putting numbers less than 20 and change them if your reviewer asks about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium Cond","sans-serif";color:black'>William Bishop, PE, BEMP, LEED<sup>®</sup> AP </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium Cond","sans-serif";color:#006600'>|</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium Cond","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium Cond","sans-serif";color:black'>Pathfinder Engineers & Architects LLP</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium Cond","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Mechanical Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style='position:absolute;margin-left:275.35pt;margin-top:12.75pt;width:45.2pt;height:43.55pt;z-index:-251658752'>
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