LEED v5 BD+C Rating System_November 2025_clean - Page 127
Extracted Content
Energy and Atmosphere Credit
GRID INTERACTIVE
EAc6 New Construction (1–2 points) Core and Shell (1–2 points)
INTENT
To enhance power resilience and position buildings as active partners contributing to grid decarbonization, reliability, and power affordability through integrated management of building loads in response to variable grid conditions.
REQUIREMENTS
| Achievement Pathways | Points |
|---|---|
New Construction and Core and Shell | 1–2 |
Option 1. Energy Storage | 1–2 |
AND/OR | |
Option 2. Demand Response Program | 1 |
AND/OR | |
Option 3. Automated Demand-Side Management | 1 |
Path 1. System-Level Controls | 1 |
OR | |
Path 2. Building Automation System | 1 |
AND/OR | |
Option 4. Power Resilience | 1 |
All projects must evaluate grid-interactive measures concerning the current and forecasted grid context, location, building type, and ownership structure and account for the results in decisionmaking.
Interval recording meters and equipment capable of accepting an external signal must also be provided.
Option 1. Energy Storage (1–2 points)
Provide on-site electric storage and/or thermal storage meeting the criteria in Table 1.
Include automatic load management controls capable of storing the electric or thermal energy during off-peak periods or periods with low grid carbon intensity and using stored energy during on-peak periods or periods of high grid carbon intensity.
U.S. Green Building Council LEED v5 Reference Guide for Building Design and Construction, November 2025 Edition 120