1. The GBCSA EDGE certification fees are based on a sliding scale that relates firstly to the number of residential units in a development, and secondly to the number of submission phases of post construction submissions. GBCSA Members receive a discount of approximately 25% on the fees compared to non-GBCSA members
2: These fees will be applicable from 1 January 2019, and apply to all projects that complete registration after this date (i.e. sign a certification agreement and pay certification fees)
3: The full certification fees comprise two parts, namely the ‘1. Base fee & prelim certification fee’ and ‘2. Post construction fee per submission’
4: Projects that plan to submit only one post construction submission to GBCSA only pay the post construction fee once, but projects that submit their post construction submissions in phases will pay the ‘2. Post construction fee per submission’ every time the project submits a phased post construction EDGE submission. For all projects the ‘1. Base fee & prelim certification fee’ applies.
5. a) These fees are available to projects with residential unit types of 4 or less. For projects with more than 4 unit types the GBCSA will determine the final fee based on the number of unit types and the extent of material differences of the various unit types, which will be at the discretion of the GBCSA.
5. b) These fees are available to projects with one Preliminary submission. For projects with more than one Preliminary submission the GBCSA will determine the final fee based on the number of submissions, which will be at the discretion of the GBCSA.
6: In terms of payment process, there are two options:
Option 1: ‘1. base fee & prelim certification fee’ and ‘2. Post construction fee’ can be paid at once at registration or
Option 2: Paid in stages: on registration, pay the ‘1. Base fee & prelim certification’ and then prior to the post construction submission pay the ‘2. Post construction submission fee’
Note: In both cases option 1 or option 2; GBCSA will not be able to process a project submission for review until a project has paid the respective registration fee for that stage (prelim or post construction). Two Proforma Invoices will always be issued from the GBCSA accounts department to projects on registration for ‘1. Base fee & prelim certification fee’ and ‘2. Post construction fee per submission’ regardless of whether the project will pay in stages. GBCSA will keep a record of which stages have been paid for and which not on a project, and only process those that have paid.
7. GBCSA Fees are reviewed and increased annually, which will include an inflation related increase and any other increases where GBCSA costs have changed.
8. Projects that register in one year, but only submit in future years may be subject to fee increases and will be required to pay current fees where the submission occurs more than 2 years after the original registration.
9. These GBCSA certification fees do not include EDGE Auditor fees (and do not include EDGE Expert fees where these apply) – these are priced, appointed and paid by the client directly to these individuals.
10. The formula to calculate the full GBCSA certification fee per project is thus, for a particular number of housing units, and where the number of unit types is equal to or less than 4:
Total GBCSA Certification Fee = (1) + [n x (2)]
where
n is the number of post construction EDGE submissions to be made to the GBCSA for the overall project via the EDGE App, and
(1) is the ‘1. Base Fee & prelim certification fee’ for that number of housing units in the overall project, and
(2) is the ‘2. Post construction fee per submission’ for that number of housing units in the overall project,