Volunteer-Based Projects Exception

Living Building Challenge·clause EQ-005·p.457

The requirement

Living Building Challenge Program Manual clause EQ-005 — words not shown. Read it at the source. The publisher reserves the right to its wording and sells access to it. The clause is held and cited here, and its words are read at the source.

The clause is held and verified. Only its words are withheld.

Read it at the source

What the product must meet

Exemptions
Projects that use this exception must still comply with the Just label and self-assessment requirements of this Imperative.

How it is proven

Who checks it
Applicant declares — a signed statement from the applicant

How Klar Cite classifies it

Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.

What it asks
Disclose — information the applicant must provide
Standing
Required — must be met for the credential
Impact area
Social Health & Equity — the CMF area the clause addresses

Cite this clause

Living Building Challenge · Living Building Challenge Program Manual · version 4.1 · clause EQ-005 · page 457 · build 2026-10-05-0439 · https://klarcite.com/r/5b8c46fb99802193

Source document

Record details

Page 457. Read in build 2026-10-05-0439, harvested 2026-10-05.

uid 5b8c46fb99802193 · document 117acb9730a17078 · fidelity verbatim · published 2026-01