LEED v4.1 O+M Beta Guide
This guide provides an overview of the LEED v4.1 O+M beta rating system, including prerequisite and credit requirements, changes from LEED v4, and performance score calculations.
Highly achievable prerequisite, and worth doing
This prerequisite is highly achievable, and worth doing, because it will give you valuable information on the performance and efficiency of your building systems and operations.
Do we have to track maintenance and renovation waste for this prerequisite? Where do we track it?
You do not need to track or report FMR waste to earn this prerequisite. Waste generation and diversion is documented under MRp3 Waste Performance; however, FMR waste is explicitly excluded from MRp3. This means that there are no opportunities in v4.1 to document FMR waste performance (and no available LEED points).
Do we have to attempt the purchasing credit (Option 2) since those materials are included in our FMR policy? What if we attempt them and we don’t earn them?
You do not need to attempt or achieve any credits to earn the prerequisite. Achievement of this prerequisite is based only on whether you create a compliant policy; no documentation of compliance with the purchasing credit is required.
LEED v4.1 O+M Beta Guide
LEED v4.1 O+M Beta Guide
LEED v4.1 O+M Beta Guide
LEED v4.1 O+M Beta Guide
A Towering Example of Biophilic Design
The LEED Platinum Comcast Technology Center in Philadelphia includes six “amenity floors” for occupant health and wellness.
by P.J. Melton
Project: Comcast Technology Center
Size: 1,350,000 ft2
Type: Corporate office
Owner: Comcast and Liberty Property Trust
Architects: Kendall Heaton Associates, Foster + Partners, Gensler, Daroff Design
MEP Engineer: BALA Engineers
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Sustainability consultant: WSP
LEED consultant: Atelier Ten
This Striking Design Is More Than Just a Façade
Harvard’s new science complex responds to the sun, admitting solar heat in winter, shading in summer, and allowing daylighting all year long.
by P.J. Melton
Project: Harvard University Science and Engineering Complex
Size: 544,000 ft2
Type: Academic building that includes teaching and research labs, classrooms, and a library
Owner: Harvard University (Allston, Massachusetts campus)
Architect: Behnisch Architekten
MEP engineer: Van Zelm Heywood and Shadford Inc.
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Enhanced Commissioning Samples
These documentation samples from a certified project emphasize ongoing commissioning.
Samples