This session qualifies for 1.5 LU/HSW and 1.5hrs ZNCD MCE (currently pending approval; live webinar attendees only).

Registration for this webinar will close at 10am PT on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED v5 building rating and certification system provides architects and building owners a framework through which they can understand and manage their risk exposure following a natural disaster. LEED v5 includes important updates to transportation, site, energy, materials, and indoor environmental quality credits, binging them into alignment with current best practice and technologies, and also includes a new resilience assessment prerequisite and credits rewarding resilience and building design features.

These updates will support the understanding that buildings should be designed to support occupant health and safety during and after hazard events, reduce the risk of damage from natural hazards, and prepare for projected climate change over the course of their service lives. In this session, we will define key resilience concepts, outline the new resilience prerequisites and credits in LEED, and discuss the role of owners and project teams in successfully implementing these requirements.

Speakers: 

Gail Napell, AIA, LEED AP BD+C | Architect and Citizen at Large

Alan Scott, FAIA, LEED Fellow, LEED AP BD+C, O+M, CEM, WELL AP | Director of Sustainability, Building Science Solutions at Intertek