It seems your claim is half true. "The idea that there is this new thing call decertification is inaccurate," says Scot Horst, USGBC's senior vice president fo

It seems your claim is half true. "The idea that there is this new thing call decertification is inaccurate," says Scot Horst, USGBC's senior vice president for LEED. "The way LEED works is we have a rating system; you send us information about your project, and we certify to that. But let's say that there was someone out there who lied about the prerequisite information or unintentionally provided inaccurate information. We have always had a policy to go back and say this wasn’t what it was represented to be. That is nothing new." "The only way you would ever lose a certification that you've already been awarded is if you didn't meet the prerequisites of the system; USGBC currently does not evaluate or monitor the ongoing operations of a building, Horst adds." http://www.multifamilyexecutive.com/design-development/green/usgbc-says-no-such-thing-as-leed-decertification_o http://www.multifamilyexecutive.com/design-development/green... So by my reading, you could lose certification for not building to your plans.