LEED v5 O+M Addenda Table - all_02-20-2026 - Page 001

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LEED v5 Operations and Maintenance Addenda

PageCategory and Prerequisite/Credit
Name
LocationIssuePost Date
5IPp1: 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
7IPp1: 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
7IPp1: Climate Resilience
Assessment
Requirements Explained >
Documentation
Revise “USGBC Climate Resilience Assessment Template” to “LEED v5 Climate Resilience Assessment
Template”
11/3/2025
20IPp2: Human Impact AssessmentRequirements Explained >
Documentation
Revise “USGBC Human Impact Assessment Template” to “LEED v5 Human Impact Assessment Template”11/3/2025
25IPp3: 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
26IPp3: Operations Assessment and
Policy
Requirements Explained >
Materials Purchasing
Delete “Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) 12” from the fourth bullet11/3/2025
31IPp3: 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
32IPp4: 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
38IPc1: 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
42IPc2: Worker Safety and TrainingRequirements ExplainedDelete the following sentence from the second paragraph:
“Project teams are responsible for identifying which workers are included.”
11/3/2025
51LTc1: 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