The historical Innovation credit category has evolved in LEED v5 to become the Project Priorities and Innovation credit category. Supporting this approach is the Project Priority and Innovation library, which serves as a mechanism for ongoing development and inclusion of unique credits, addressing different project priorities.

These changes will provide

Enhanced flexibility to address contextual needs. Projects will each be able to tailor their own approach to addressing different project-specific priorities, such as

Regional priorities (e.g., water conservation in dry climates, flood protection against sea level rise in coastal zones);
Priorities specific to unique building typologies (e.g., enhanced acoustics for Healthcare and Schools, quality views for healthcare workers);
Exemplary performance credits that recognize projects exceeding requirements of core LEED credits; and/or
New strategies explored through Innovation and pilot credits.

Project teams can choose credits they deem best for addressing their project’s goals and targets. Some projects may concentrate most of their effort toward a single priority area, like regional priority or exemplary performance, while others might choose to address different priority areas more uniformly. Each project can chart its own path forward based on its own goals.

Ongoing engagement with the global LEED community. USGBC will engage with our global LEED community for development of Project Priority credits that address different priorities unique to various regions, as well as international alternative compliance paths for core rating credits. This will be an ongoing, participatory process in collaboration with all LEED stakeholders.

Increased adaptivity and agility. The library will support testing new ideas in an ongoing manner, without having to wait for the next version of LEED. We are working to release the first batch of Project Priority and Innovation credits with the launch of LEED v5 in 2025.

Examples of possible credits have been drafted to showcase potential approaches that will be included in the library. USGBC will operationalize a collaborative process for development of Project Priority and pilot credits on an ongoing basis.

During the second public comment period, we invite everyone to share ideas on what they would like to see addressed in the library.

View draft Project Priority and Innovation example credits

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Building the Project Priority and Innovation library for LEED v5