LEED v5 BD+C Rating System_November 2025_clean - Page 021

Extracted Content

• EAp3: Fundamental Commissioning

  • EAp4: Energy Metering and Reporting

  • MRp1: Planning for Zero Waste Operations

  • EQp2: Fundamental Air Quality

Points are earned by incorporating a combination of the listed best practices into the green lease (Table 1).

• Require tenant to pay for their electric and nonelectric energy and water use.

• Implement a cost-recovery clause for energy-efficiency upgrades benefiting the tenant.

• Disclose tracked common area energy use, peak demand, peak thermal demand, and on-site combustion emissions to tenants.

• Disclose whole-building ENERGY STAR® or locally applicable equivalent score to tenants.

• Ensure brokers or leasing agents have energy training.

• Implement energy management best practices.

• Request annual tenant energy disclosure.

• Require energy efficiency fit-out for tenants that improves upon EAp2: Minimum Energy Efficiency requirement.

• Establish a tenant energy efficiency engagement and training plan.

• Meter or submeter additional tenant energy use beyond that required in EAp4: Energy Metering and Reporting .

• Limit on-site combustion emissions.

• Disclose tracked common area water use to tenants.

• Require water efficiency fit-out for tenants that improves upon WEp2: Minimum Water Efficiency.

• Meter or submeter additional tenant water use beyond that required in WEp1: Water Metering and Reporting.

• Implement water management best practices.

• Implement indoor air quality best practices.

• Implement thermal comfort best practices.

• Demonstrate innovation in leasing.

Table 1. Points for Incorporating Best Practices

Number of Additional Best Practices Incorporated into the Lease	Points
Fewer than 3	1
4–6	2
7–9	3
10–12	4

U.S. Green Building Council LEED v5 Reference Guide for Building Design and Construction, November 2025 Edition 14