Energy performance optimization
LEED·clause EA Credit: Optimize Energy Performance Option 3·p.78
Klar Cite’s name for this clause. The publisher’s own heading may not be shown.
The requirement
LEED v4.1 Building Design and Construction Rating System clause EA Credit: Optimize Energy Performance Option 3 — words not shown. Read it at the source. The held copy is a single-user licence and does not extend to republishing its clauses.
The clause is held and verified. Only its words are withheld.
Klar Cite classification — not the standard’s words
Addresses: energy system improvements beyond standard
written by a model, checked against the clause
What the product must meet
The document’s own listing
• 15% lighting power reduction (1 point) • 30% lighting power reduction (1 point) • 45% lighting power reduction (1 point) • Install daylight-responsive controls for a given percentage of connected lighting load (lighting in non-regularly occupied space with occupant sensor controls may be excluded from connected lighting load). • Climate Zones 1 – 2: Achieve 2 of the 3 strategies below for 1 point. o Thermal Mass Enclosure o 25% Envelope UA reduction o 50% SHGC reduction (including window shade factors) Climate Zones 3 – 8: Achieve 2 of the 3 strategies below for 1 point. o 25% Envelope UA reduction o 50% Envelope UA reduction o 25% reduction in air infiltration measured during commissioning • Reduction in total fan power allowance of: • 20% (1 point) Improvement in efficiency for at least 75% of the combined cooling, heating, and service water heating capacity • Electric resistance heating except heat pump auxiliary heat must be included in total capacity. • Install a percentage (by rated power) of eligible equipment and appliances meeting the following requirements: o ENERGY STAR equipment including appliances, office equipment, electronics, and commercial food service equipment
The document’s own compact listing of the limits, as harvested.
- Applies to
- New Construction, Core & Shell, Schools, Retail, Data Centers, Warehouses & Distribution Centers, Hospitality, Healthcar
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
- Meet — a limit, condition or outcome the product must satisfy
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
- Impact area
- Climate Health — the CMF area the clause addresses
- Pathway
- One of the alternatives — the document offers alternatives, and this is one
Cite this clause
LEED · LEED v4.1 Building Design and Construction Rating System · version v4.1 · clause EA Credit: Optimize Energy Performance Option 3 · page 78 · build 2026-10-05-0439 · https://klarcite.com/r/d0f0338ce872aba4
Record details
Page 78. Read in build 2026-10-05-0439, harvested 2026-10-05.
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