any available LEED v4, v4.1 specification language?

See if this is a helpful starting place:  https://www.greenengineer.com/resources

Hi Courtney, It seems we have the same challenge for BDC v4.  Are there any other respurces you found? Michelle

Hi Courtney, Post my question, I came across this quote: "As LEED consultants, our standard practice is to review draft specifications written by the Spec Writer or the architect and make edits as needed. The AIA MasterSpec has excellent language for sustainability specifications and LEED v4. For the first draft of the spec book, it is strongly encouraged that others  incorporate the LEED v4 requirements from the AIA MasterSpec in all spec sections. As LEED APs, we can then review the spec book and recommend language to remove or add as necessary based on the LEED points being attempted."  A person from my team shared this as well:   FYI Here's the link to the AIA MasterSpec:  https://avitru.com/specifications/masterspec/  "As a side note, it is good practice for LEED consultants to avoid writing specs, as they are part of the official design documents. Since we do not generally carry design liability insurance, it is a risk we should not assume. Since there are design professionals, including Brian, on this project whose responsibility is to write and produce these design documents, they should be the ones taking that risk. We can provide comments and recommend edits, but we should avoid taking responsibility for writing the specs or spec sections. Here's a good (although old) article about green specs with a comment on how HOK Architects starts with a comprehensive list of LEED requirements, then thins it out based on the project: https://www.buildinggreen.com/feature/getting-design-construction-writing-specifications-green-projects "

Michelle, that is indeed an old article, but I'm glad it's still helpful! I made it free for viewing. Might this blog post help as well? https://www.buildinggreen.com/blog/sustainable-spec-language-you-should-be-using

In my experience, I've found the exising Masterspec suggestions to be fraught with issues, mostly that it is not thorough. It's probably better than nothing, but I provide teams with a separate guide and advise them to leave out any automated language entirely. Agree with Michelle's post in avoiding the spec writing, itself. I put that onus on the designers entirely.

Thank you for these lucid clarifications on Spec Writing.