I was reading your article about the potential disconnect between system complexity and the resources/capabilities of the owner’s O&M organization (“Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should,” May 2014). I could not agree more other than to advocate that this consideration be elevated to a central focus at the project scoping and conceptualization phase, and even as a mandatory part of the strategy to satisfy LEED. Even though my vantage point may be limited to Navy-owned facilities and as a volunteer on a regional high school building committee, I could go on and on and on about the disconnect I am seeing between system design to satisfy LEED goals and what is remotely likely to be sustainable over the long haul (relative to budgets, staffing, and slow, cumbersome contracting mechanisms for specific owners). I might morph the title of your article to read, “Just Because It can be Commissioned and Accepted, Doesn’t Mean the Owner Will Bother to Keep it Functioning 10 Months From Now.”