Is LEED for Homes v4 Available?

Joel, LEED v4 for Homes is available, yes (and you'll find all the credits here onLEEDuser). Perhaps the consultant was confused by the fact that the previous version of LEED for Homes is also still on the market.

Hi Joel,

Yes, California has historically had it's own version of LEED for Homes. The only difference has been the energy section, because T-24 addresses energy in a unique way (compared to the rest of the country/world), and USGBC aligned the energy section with T-24.

We are planning on doing an equivalency in the energy section to T-24 for LEED Homes v4 as well. However, we've heard that there will soon be a new approach to demonstrating energy savings in California (California HERS), so we are waiting for that program to launch before we issue a formal equivalency.

In the meantime, projects in California may use LEED v4, and just utilize the energy section from Homes v2008, which already requires that projects exceed T-24 2013 by 10%.

See Interpretation 10396 for Homes scoring: http://www.usgbc.org/leed-interpretations?keys=10396

See Interpreation 10395 for Midrise scoring: http://www.usgbc.org/leed-interpretations?keys=10395

If you (or anyone) has any additional questions, don't hesitate to contact me.

-Asa