I represent Jacobs, a global design firm that performs architectural and engineering design for a multitude of industrial manufacturing project types (semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, EV battery...

The mission of LEED, as outlined in the Strategic Plan, is to ensure that buildings create spaces that promote human and environmental well-being. This includes designing healthier and safer...

Share your comments on the first public comment draft of the LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Indoor Environmental Quality section on this forum. You can either reply to this thread or use the "Post a Question...

Please consider the adoption of Useful Daylight Illuminance (UDI) for the daylight simulation metric. This annual metric acknolwedges both a lower and upper bound of usable daylight. Spatial...

I’m glad to see that the new standard includes a reference to a specific known problem of thermal comfort (overcooling) and the ASHRAE-55 section on it but I am overall very disappointed that...

The LEED mission, as stated in the Strategic Plan, is to ensure that buildings create spaces that promote human and environmental well-being, including designing healthier and safer environments...

Add wildfires to the list in Option 5. 

Would be great to add that emergency exits are designed to account for X number of people with physical disabilities. Often exit design has not taken this into account. It fits with the need for...

Compiling a few people's comments here...

Accessible Building

Not allowing wheelchair lifts in lieu of ramps - recommend allowing existing lifts to remain...

I like the overall approach of this credit. I often found in v4/4.1 that minor, common obstacles (not having the proper...