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Intent
This prerequisite applies to projects registered prior to March 1, 2024. Projects registered after March 1, 2024 are subject to the v4 2024 Update
To improve the building’s overall energy performance and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
Requirements
Meet all of the following requirements:
- Complete all mandatory measures of ENERGY STAR for Homes version 3. Achieve a HERS Index rating that meets or exceeds the ENERGY STAR HERS Index Target (or USGBC-approved equivalent for projects outside the U.S.). Certified passive house projects automatically meet the Thermal Enclosure System section of the Rater Design Review checklist.
- If installed, at least one of the following appliances must be ENERGY STAR qualified (or performance equivalent for projects outside the U.S.) in each dwelling unit:
- refrigerator;
- dishwasher; or
- clothes washer.
- All duct runs must be fully ducted (i.e., building cavities may not be used as ducts).
Credit specific:
- All completed inspection checklists
- HERS Target Index, building’s HERS Index
What does it cost?
Cost estimates for this credit
On each BD+C v4 credit, LEEDuser offers the wisdom of a team of architects, engineers, cost estimators, and LEED experts with hundreds of LEED projects between then. They analyzed the sustainable design strategies associated with each LEED credit, but also to assign actual costs to those strategies.
Our tab contains overall cost guidance, notes on what “soft costs” to expect, and a strategy-by-strategy breakdown of what to consider and what it might cost, in percentage premiums, actual costs, or both.
This information is also available in a full PDF download in The Cost of LEED v4 report.
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![USGBC logo](/sites/all/themes/leeduser/images/usgbc_170.png)
© Copyright U.S. Green Building Council, Inc. All rights reserved.
Intent
This prerequisite applies to projects registered prior to March 1, 2024. Projects registered after March 1, 2024 are subject to the v4 2024 Update
To improve the building’s overall energy performance and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
Requirements
Meet all of the following requirements:
- Complete all mandatory measures of ENERGY STAR for Homes version 3. Achieve a HERS Index rating that meets or exceeds the ENERGY STAR HERS Index Target (or USGBC-approved equivalent for projects outside the U.S.). Certified passive house projects automatically meet the Thermal Enclosure System section of the Rater Design Review checklist.
- If installed, at least one of the following appliances must be ENERGY STAR qualified (or performance equivalent for projects outside the U.S.) in each dwelling unit:
- refrigerator;
- dishwasher; or
- clothes washer.
- All duct runs must be fully ducted (i.e., building cavities may not be used as ducts).
Credit specific:
- All completed inspection checklists
- HERS Target Index, building’s HERS Index