The new concept of Regional Priority Credits is being introduced in the LEED 2009 rating systems to address geographically specific environmental priorities. RPCs are not new LEED credits, but are existing credits that USGBC chapters and regional councils have designated as being particularly important for their areas.
The incentive to achieve the credits is a bonus point toward the project’s total points. Each specific area is referenced by ZIP codes in a spreadsheet and has six RPCs per rating system. A project may earn up to four bonus points through RPCs.
Upon project registration, LEED Online automatically determines a project’s RPCs based on its ZIP code. If the project earns an RPC, it will also earn the
associated bonus point. If a project earns more than four RPCs, the team can choose the credits from which the bonus points will be earned.
The USGBC Web site has state-by-state lists of the RPCs at www.usgbc.org/LEED2009.
Or go direct to the North Carolina sheet here.
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