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Extracted Content

Project
types
OptionsPathsDocumentation
Prospect areasEvidence of the project’s prospect spaces and
alternative paths of travel (for example, contract
documents, photographs, narrative).


























FurnitureEvidence of the project’s furniture configuration
choices and variety of seating (for example, contract
documents, photographs, product information from
manufacturer).


























Permanently
Installed
Fixtures
Evidence of the height variety for permanently
installed fixtures (for example, contract documents,
photographs, product information from
manufacturer).


























Outdoor
Transitional
Space
Evidence of occupant access to outdoor or
transitional space and opportunities for interaction
with nature (for example, floor and site plans,
contract documents, photographs, narrative).













Option 3.
Thermal
Environment
Option 4. Sound
Environment
All
Path 1. Mapping
Acoustical
Expectations for
Indoor and
Outdoor Spaces
Design documentation per_ASHRAE_ 55-2023.













Option 3.
Thermal
Environment
Option 4. Sound
Environment
All
Path 1. Mapping
Acoustical
Expectations for
Indoor and
Outdoor Spaces
Identify transition spaces and spaces with occupants
carrying out different activities and provide design
documents that show solutions for these spaces to
address various thermal comfort requirements.













Option 3.
Thermal
Environment
Option 4. Sound
Environment
All
Path 1. Mapping
Acoustical
Expectations for
Indoor and
Outdoor Spaces
LEED v5 Acoustics Mapping Template.













Option 3.
Thermal
Environment
Option 4. Sound
Environment
All
Path 1. Mapping
Acoustical
Expectations for
Indoor and
Outdoor Spaces
Potential design strategies and solutions the project
could use to meet the Acoustical Expectations for
each space.













Option 3.
Thermal
Environment
Option 4. Sound
Environment
Option 4. Path 2.
Acoustic Criteria
for Indoor and
Outdoor Spaces
Calculations, modeling, and/or measurements to
demonstrate how the strategies and solutions
contribute to accomplishment of the Acoustic Criteria
identified in the LEED v5 Acoustics Mapping
Template.













Option 5.
Lighting
Environment
Path 1. Solar
Glare
Contract documents highlighting provision of glare-
control devices in all qualifying regularly occupied
spaces.













Option 5.
Lighting
Environment
Path 1. Solar
Glare
Floor plans highlighting regularly occupied spaces.













Option 5.
Lighting
Environment
Path 2. Quality
Electric Lighting
Lighting specifications with luminance values.













Option 5.
Lighting
Environment
Path 2. Quality
Electric Lighting
Documentation demonstrating required UGR using
UGR Tabular Method or software modeling
calculations of the designed lighting.













Option 5.
Lighting
Environment
Path 2. Quality
Electric Lighting
Lighting specifications with color rendering
information.













Option 5.
Lighting
Environment
Path 3.
Proximity to
Windows for
Daylight Access
LEED v5 Daylight calculator a quality view
simulation report.













Option 5.
Lighting
Environment
Path 3.
Proximity to
Windows for
Daylight Access
Evidence of proximity to envelope glazing (for
example, floor plans and sections, showing furniture
(at least within scope), identifying all space types
and whether they are regularly or nonregularly
occupied, indicating the horizontal distance from
regularly occupied areas to the envelope glazing).

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