Construction Documents

Complete the LEED Online credit form and prepare the following documents to show credit compliance, according to your chosen option. The LEED Reference Guide also offers good process guidance and sample documentation for this credit. 

For post-construction or operations-related credits, circulate draft plans among the owner, maintenance staff, and occupants if necessary to coordinate important components of the credit strategy and confirm your approach.

Document as many ID credits in LEED Online as you can for the design submittal. This way you can have confirmation that you have achieved the credit. If your anticipated credits are rejected, then you can submit others for the construction submittal. 

For Path 2 – Exemplary Performance, the ID credits are tied to those you have already documented for the standard credit page. This is an easy selection on the credit page.

For Path 1 – Innovation in Design credits, documentation includes:

• Title and a statement of intent for the proposed credit.
• Environmental benefits associated with your approach.
• Requirements proposed for your project to comply.
• A narrative of the strategies employed by the project to meet the above intent and requirements.
• Upload any related documents, plans, or product cut sheets associated with the strategy 

Complete documentation in LEED Online.

Verify that design-related ID credits have been included in the plans and specifications.

Document this credit through LEED Online. You’ll need to provide a narrative detailing the process of developing the school as a teaching tool curriculum, and describe how the curriculum makes a connection between the school and the living environment in and around the school. The LEED credit form requires a signoff (typically done by the school principal) verifying that: 

It is a good idea to get approval in writing from the school administrators. 

The sustainability curriculum on the high-performance features of the school must be implemented within ten months after LEED certification. Be sure to finalize the curriculum and have it approved by the school administrators well in advance of this ten-month deadline.