Leed For Homes

LEED® for Homes
Rating System

January 2008

Corrections, Clarifications &
Exemplary Performance Rulings
LEED for Homes, Version 2008
This document includes corrections, clarifications, and new exemplary performance rulings since
publication of the LEED for Homes Rating System, Version 2008. Most of the rulings below are the
result of formal Credit Interpretation Requests that havebeen processed. In these cases, the ruling
number is given in parentheses. Please see the CIR & ID database for a full list of clarifications and
rulings.
All rulings below that were published in the January 2009 Errata & Clarifications document (text in
black) are applicable and enforceable for all projects registered after January 15, 2009.
All text in red is new as of January 1, 2010. Any newrulings identified as “Clarifications” should be
applied and enforced for all LEED for Homes projects. Any new rulings identified as “Interpretations” or
“Corrections” must be applied and enforced for projects registered after the publication of this Errata &
Clarification document.

Rating System Errata
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Pg. XV, Exhibit 4 – Under the “Adjustment toaward thresholds” column, the second to last row
should be “+9”, not “+-9”
Pg. XV – the equation in Exhibit 5 should be changed from: “2850 + [250*(number of bedrooms)
– 5)]” to “2850 + [250*(number of bedrooms – 5)]”
Pg. 31 – note, 3rd sentence should be changed from “Ponds can be counted as open space if they
border a walking or bicycle path” to “Areas around ponds can be counted as open spaceif they
have usable, accessible recreational space such as walking or bicycle paths.”
Pg. 37 – in the equation for Step 2, ETL should be ETL
Pg. 39 – gray concrete must have an SRI of 29 or greater to be awarded credit.
Pg. 40: The language “at least 70% of the built environment” should be replaced with “at least
70% of the buildable land”. On p. 41, the heading for Table 9 is correct.
Pg.54 – box for EA 8 should include “Prerequisite: EA 8.1”
Pg. 54: box for EA 11 should state, “Prerequisite: EA 11.1”, not “Prerequisite: EA 2.1”
Pg. 70, Table 20 – change “Solar water heaters (backup)” to “Solar water heaters”
Pg. 80, Table 24 – within “Floor: Flooring” component, the Low-Emissions requirement should
be changed from “Hard flooring: additional ½ point for 100% hard surfaceflooring” to
“Hard flooring automatic: ½ point for 90% hard surface flooring”
Pg. 81: In Figure 6, the Example Notice to Wood Products Suppliers should read: “Notice to
Vendors: [The company] prefers to purchase wood products that are certified according to the
guidelines of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). [The company] also prefers not to use any
tropical wood or wood products. If anytropical wood or wood products are supplied, they must
be FSC certified. Please provide the country of manufacture of each product you expect to supply
to us. Also please provide a list of FSC-certified products you can supply.”

U.S. Green Building Council

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Pg. 81, Table 25 – change first column heading from “Component” to “Types ofPaints and
Coatings”
Pg. 81, Table 25 – within first column, first row should be changed from “Architectural paints,
coatings, and primers, applied to interior walls and ceilings” to “Architectural paints, coatings,
and primers, applied to interior elements”
Pg. 82: In Table 26, the entry for ceramic tile adhesive is missing. The requirement for ceramic
tile adhesives (from LEED-NC) is 65 g/L.Pg. 83 – requirement in MR 3.2, part (a), second sentence should be changed from “Generate…
per square foot of conditioned floor area” to “Generate… per square foot of building floor area.”
Pg. 84, Table 27 – values in column 2 should be: 100%; 87.5%; 75%; 62.5%; 50%; 37.5%; 25%;
and 12.5%. Values in column 3 should be: 0%; 12.5%; 25%; 37.5%; 50%; 62.5%; 75%; and
87.5%.
Pg. 85 – left...