LEED v5 BD+C Rating System_November 2025_clean - Page 039

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Col1Commercial,
Institutional,
Schools,
Healthcare
ResidentialMixed UseRetail


storage spaces per
building.
Long-
term
storage
At least 5% of all
regular building
occupants but no
fewer than four
storage spaces per
building, in addition
to short-term
storage.
At least 15% of all
regular building
occupants but no
fewer than one
storage space per
three dwelling units,
in addition to short-
term storage
spaces.
At least 15% of all
regular building
occupants but no
fewer than one
storage space per
three dwelling units,
in addition to short-
term storage
spaces.
At least 5% of regular
building occupants
but no fewer than two
storage spaces per
building in addition to
the short-term bicycle
storage spaces.

NOTE: For New Construction only: School projects can exclude students in third grade and younger from the regular building occupant count for long-term storage. Healthcare projects can exclude patients from the regular building occupant count for long-term storage.

AND/OR

PATH 2. SHOWER AND CHANGING FACILITIES (1 POINT)

Provide access to on-site showers with changing facilities for 1% of all regular building occupants. Off-site showers and changing facilities are acceptable if they meet the needs of all occupants and are within 0.25 miles (400 meters) walking distance.

Large occupancy projects Provide at least one on-site shower with a changing facility for the first 100 regular building occupants and one additional shower for every 150 regular building occupants thereafter, up to 999 regular building occupants. After that, provide the following:

  • One additional shower for every 500 regular building occupants, for an additional 1,000– 4,999 regular building occupants.

  • One additional shower for every 1,000 regular building occupants, for the additional 5,000+ regular building occupants.

AND/OR

PATH 3. BICYCLE MAINTENANCE (1 POINT)

Provide a permanent and secure bicycle repair station that includes a complete set of tools and an air pump securely fastened to the repair stand in the area dedicated to long-term bicycle storage.

U.S. Green Building Council LEED v5 Reference Guide for Building Design and Construction, November 2025 Edition 32