Here’s where to look in LEED-EBOM v4 to achieve Exemplary Performance (EP) credits under the Innovation credit. We’ve compiled the benchmarks you’ll need to hit for each credit, and included our own notes on how achievable each benchmark is so that you can focus your efforts and maximize your Innovation points.

LEED v4 is here. The deadline to register for LEED 2009 passed in October 2016. Already-registered LEED 2009 projects have till June 30, 2021 to submit for certification or upgrade to LEED v4. The most noteworthy changes in LEED v4 are explained here.

The most important tips on completing quality energy (EA) and ventilation (EQ) documentation for your LEED project, to have a smooth review process.

Mistakes in your LEED documentation mean extra reviews and possibly losing credits or your whole LEED certification. We sat down with GBCI reviewers to learn their top tips to making quality documentation.

Here's a status report on LEED Online and digests of recent updates.

LEED Interpretations, or LIs, are precedent-setting updates to the LEED rating systems that can be used by all projects. Project teams are required to adhere to both LEED rating system addenda and LEED Interpretations issue before a project's LEED registration date. LEED Interpretations and addenda issued after a project's registration date are optional. We review the key ones here every quarter.

Understand the range of professional certifications available for professionals who can do commissioning and audits.

Many LEED v4-registered BD+C projects in California can automatically achieve all LEED prerequisites plus six credits.

All LEED projects can earn Innovation points for piloting credits. To earn a point, here's what projects need to do.

These steps can be used to document whether your LEED project site is classified as farmland or as floodplain relative to the requirements for SSc1 in NC v2009, CS, and Schools rating systems.