Restrooms in one of our projects were included as it was top floor and had great views...of exterior, smile!On another project, we just excluded restrooms and that was accepted. Not sure this is helpful.

Collin Robinson

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Fri, 10/17/2025 - 14:55

Divya, restrooms are considered non-regularly occupied spaces. I sort the project spaces into three categories: Regularly-occupied, Non-regularly-occupied, and unoccupied. Unoccupied spaces are things like mechanical and electrical rooms. I have successfully documented this pilot credit 10+ times using this approach.Although the glossary definition isn't the clearest, it does align with the approach I described. Best of luck. https://www.usgbc.org/glossary/v4#occupied-space

Collin Robinson

The Sheward Partnership

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Fri, 10/17/2025 - 15:35

In LEED v2009 there was an IEQ space matrix that helped answer some of these questions. For LEED v4, there are some reference guide pages that give examples of regularly and non-regularly-occupied spaces. It's a free download of the intro parts of the reference guide. https://build.usgbc.org/bdc-reference-guide-intro, look at page 67.