LEED v5 BD+C Addenda Table - only_02-20-2026 - Page 003

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PageCategory and Prerequisite/Credit
Name
LocationIssuePost Date
125SSc4: Enhanced Resilient Site
Design
Requirements Explained > Flooding
Further Explanation > Flooding
Requirements Explained: Revise the last sentence of the Flooding section to read as: “Projects can choose to integrate all of the
components listed under “Critical Utilities,” as well as flood-resistant materials or certifying under a qualifying design standard.
Further Explanation > Flooding, revise third bullet to read as: “If Critical Utilities is chosen as one of the flood resilience strategies,
then each sub-bullet under Critical Utilities must be achieved.”
2/20/2026
127SSc5: Heat Island ReductionRequirements > Option 3. Tree
Equity
Further Explanation > Option 3
Requirements, Option 3:
-Add “and U.S. projects without a Tree Equity Score” after “For international projects” in the 1st sentence of 2nd paragraph
-Delete last sentence “Projects with no exterior work are exempt from this requirement.”
Further Explanation:
-Delete last bullet under Option 3: “Projects with no exterior work that increase tree plantings…“
2/20/2026
128SSc5: Heat Island ReductionRequirements Explained >
Documentation
Documentation Table, Option 1, 1st row: change “calculator” to “calculations”
Documentation Table, Option 3, 1st row: revise to read as “Evidence depicting areas of existing condition and design/post-
construction tree canopy cover on-site.”
2/20/2026
130WEp1: Water Metering and
Reporting
Further Explanation > Meters and
Types of Meters
Under Meters and Types of Meters, delete the last bullet: “Additions to existing buildings…“2/20/2026
146WEp2: Minimum Water
Efficiency, WEc2: Enhanced
Water Efficiency
WEp2 > Further Explanation > Option
2
WEc2 > Further Explanation > Option
1 and 2
WEp2 > Further Explanation > Option 2, Delete the 2nd bullet: “The calculations must include…”
WEc2 > Further Explanation > Option 1, 1st bullet, revise reference to LTc4, Option 2.
WEc2> Further Explanation > Option 2, add the following section:
“Option 2. Fixtures and Fittings - Calculated Reduction
■ The calculations must include all restroom fixtures necessary to meet the occupants’ needs (toilets, urinals, lavatories, and
showers) when seeking LTc4: Transportation Demand Management, Option 2. Active Travel Facilities, Path 2. Shower and
Changing Facilities.""
2/20/2026
160WEc1: Water Metering and Leak
Detection
Further Explanation > Option 1.
Submeters
Delete 3rd and 4th sub-bullet under the first bullet.2/20/2026
167WEc2: Enhanced Water
Efficiency
Requirements Explained >
Documentation > Option 4
Add a new row for Option 4, Path 1. Irrigation: “Provide documentation confirming that a permanent irrigation system is not
installed.”
Add a row for Option 4, Path 2: “USGBC Calculator”
2/20/2026
222EAp2: Minimum Energy
Efficiency
Requirements Explained >
Exceptions to Mandatory Provisions
Replace the 3rd bullet with: “‘Provisions that can be directly accounted for in ASHRAE 90.1, Appendix G PRM energy simulation.”2/20/2026

Addenda LEED v5 Building Design and Construction February 20, 2026