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LEED v5: O+M- Public Comments

LEED v5 O&M Existing Buildings Public Comments
posted by Kelly Mehring on May 17, 2024, 4:08 pm

Integrative Process, Planning & Assessments

Credit: Operational Planning and Response for Resilience

The credit states to '...

Optimized Building Products

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Chantal Carius on May 18, 2024, 6:54 am

50 products for projects outside US is unreal, a lot more effort and less points in this credit

Resilient Site Design / Enhanced Resilient Site Design

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Sustainable Sites Public Comments
posted by Chantal Carius on May 18, 2024, 6:59 am

The prerequisite seems challenging to get and think it should adress other environmental prioirty issues depending on the region.

Credit is great as the team project can decide...

Protect and Restore Biodiverse Habitat

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Sustainable Sites Public Comments
posted by Chantal Carius on May 18, 2024, 7:04 am

I think to have 15 native or adapted species as a baseline is a great asset.

Also think that the credit should specify the importance of not to importing soil from forests or nature, but...

Planning Zero Waste Operations

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Chantal Carius on May 18, 2024, 7:07 am

It seems that maybe an education scope in this prerequisite is needed to achive the Zero Waste and threshold also seems to be needed as the prerequisite only speaks of "attempting" zero waste...

Assess Embodied Carbon/ Reduce embodied carbon

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Chantal Carius on May 18, 2024, 7:09 am

Not sure where the reference Table of the prerequisite comes from. For the...

Optimize building product BD+C and CS

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Chantal Carius on May 18, 2024, 7:11 am

  • It is not clear how many products the project team will need for the option 1 or the option 2, the same table that ID+C has should be shown in this part.
  • The credit's requirements...

Construction and Demolition Waste Reduction

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Chantal Carius on May 18, 2024, 7:14 am

This credit should be attempting zero waste management in construction. Seems to me that this credit is less demanding than the prerequisite of Planning for Zero Waste Operations and shouldn't be...

Minimized Site Disturbance

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Sustainable Sites Public Comments
posted by Chantal Carius on May 18, 2024, 7:21 am

This prerequisite is a great goal to achieve.

The Thermal Environment Credit Category Needs Attention

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Indoor Environmental Quality Public Comments
posted by Chris Mackey on May 18, 2024, 3:45 pm

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...