LEED v5 O+M Addenda Table - all_02-20-2026 - Page 001
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LEED v5 Operations and Maintenance Addenda
| Page | Category and Prerequisite/Credit Name | Location | Issue | Post Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | IPp1: Climate Resilience Assessment | Requirements Explained > Climate and Natural Hazard Risk Assessment | In the second paragraph, revise the third sentence to read as: “For the purposes of this credit, natural hazards include drought, earthquakes, extreme heat or cold, flooding, hurricanes and high winds, hailstorms, landslides, sea level rise, storm surge, tornadoes, tsunamis, wildfires and smoke, and winter storms.” | 11/3/2025 |
| 7 | IPp1: Climate Resilience Assessment | Requirements Explained > Referenced Standards | Replace the Referenced Standards with the following: • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group I, Sixth Assessment Report (https://interactive- atlas.ipcc.ch/) • FEMA National Risk Index (https://hazards.fema.gov/nri/) • NOAA Climate Explorer (https://crt-climate-explorer.nemac.org/) | 11/3/2025 |
| 7 | IPp1: Climate Resilience Assessment | Requirements Explained > Documentation | Revise “USGBC Climate Resilience Assessment Template” to “LEED v5 Climate Resilience Assessment Template” | 11/3/2025 |
| 20 | IPp2: Human Impact Assessment | Requirements Explained > Documentation | Revise “USGBC Human Impact Assessment Template” to “LEED v5 Human Impact Assessment Template” | 11/3/2025 |
| 25 | IPp3: Operations Assessment and Policy | Requirements > Operational Elements > Green cleaning | In the last sentence, remove “and” where it appears before the word “staffing.” | 11/3/2025 |
| 26 | IPp3: Operations Assessment and Policy | Requirements Explained > Materials Purchasing | Delete “Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) 12” from the fourth bullet | 11/3/2025 |
| 31 | IPp3: Operations Assessment and Policy | Requirements Explained > Documentation | Remove the cell with the following language: “The project’s operations assessment (using the USGBC Operations Assessment Template or equivalent)“ | 11/3/2025 |
| 32 | IPp4: Current Facilities Requirements and O+M Plan | Requirements Explained > Current Facilities Requirements (CFR) | Revise the last sentence of the first paragraph to read as: “It includes a property type description, occupancy and equipment run-time schedules, set points for HVAC equipment, lighting levels, seasonal and time-based adjustments, and optional building plans.” | 11/3/2025 |
| 38 | IPc1: Operational Planning for Resilience | Requirements Explained > Documentation | Add a second row with the following content: “Confirmation that the emergency response plan was communicated to relevant service providers, facilities staff, and occupants, including the points of contact for each procedure and protocol” | 11/3/2025 |
| 42 | IPc2: Worker Safety and Training | Requirements Explained | Delete the following sentence from the second paragraph: “Project teams are responsible for identifying which workers are included.” | 11/3/2025 |
| 51 | LTc1: Sustainable Transportation Performance | Requirements > Option 1 > Equation 1 | - Remove “the following” from Equation 1 - Add a heading: “Active and shared modes of transportation include:” above the bulleted list - Add “preceding” in the final sentence - Remove “above” in final sentence | 11/3/2025 |
February 20, 2026