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MR Credit: Reduce Embodied Carbon

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Lori Tiefenthaler on May 19, 2024, 6:57 pm

MR Credit: Reduce Embodied Carbon

Comment 1: LEEDv5 could publish and require regional benchmarks for concrete. Concrete is a regional material that relies on regional...

Optimized Building Products

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Lori Tiefenthaler on May 19, 2024, 7:01 pm

MR Credit: Optimized Building Products

Comment 1: in order to continue market transformation with LEED v5, we encourage that there be  a focus on both structural and...

Social Equity Assessment- Definition of Community Members

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Integrative Process, Planning, And Assessments Public Comments
posted by Gabi Dwyer on May 20, 2024, 12:31 pm

For ID+C, how will community members be taken into account? New construction buildings typically have an opportunity for public input at local planning meetings, but ID+C projects do not. Would...

Public art- Inclusion in LEED boundaries

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Overall and Appendix Public Comments
posted by Winnie Lam on May 20, 2024, 6:13 pm

I serve on the Arts Commission at the City of Sunnyvale in California. When a company starts a new private development (i.e. construction) project in the City of Sunnyvale, they are required to...

LEED v5 and EU Taxonomy

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Overall and Appendix Public Comments
posted by Camille Barre on May 21, 2024, 5:09 am

Hi everyone, working in the asset management sector, we currently have the issue of understanding whether or not a certain level of LEED (i.e. Silver, Gold, ...) is equivalent (or could be...

Don’t forget the “S” in ESIA – Protecting Construction Workers from Exploitation

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Integrative Process, Planning, And Assessments Public Comments
posted by Sarah Lince on May 21, 2024, 11:46 am

I am submitting this comment on behalf of Verité, an independent, non-profit, civil society organization (CSO) working to eliminate the most serious labor...

LEED V5 general feedback

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Overall and Appendix Public Comments
posted by Maria Nordberg on May 21, 2024, 2:24 pm

  • International recognition and usability are essential for using the system globally and are a vital success key for LEED. In the new manual, specific important global stepping stones are...

LEED BD+C: New Construction

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Overall and Appendix Public Comments
posted by Andrea Wald on May 22, 2024, 12:34 am

LEED certification needs to address the topic of artificial turf. Specifically, a prerequisite for LEED certification should be that the design includes no artificial turf. Credits and points...

LEEDv5 O+M Public Comment: Building Enclosure retrofit design

LEED v5 O&M Existing Buildings Public Comments
posted by Lyle Axelarris on May 22, 2024, 9:03 am

I’m very disappointed to STILL see no LEED credit address moisture management in building envelope design.  As our industry is adding continuous insulation (for good reasons), there are more and...

Water Metering for LEED Group: Single Meter for 3 Buildings?

NC-v4 WEp3: Building-level water metering
posted by Mike Refsland on May 22, 2024, 5:36 pm

I'm working on a project pursuing LEED v4 Group, New Construction, with 3 separate buildings in the LEED Group. The design team would like to provide 1 potable water meter that serves all 3...