$229.00

Understanding LEED v5: Meeting the New Resiliency Requirements

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Course Overview

Welcome to Understanding LEED v5: Meeting the New Resiliency Requirements! This course is designed to help you understand how climate risk is reshaping the built environment and how LEED v5 responds with a stronger focus on resilience.

You will learn how to evaluate climate risks, apply practical resilience strategies, and align your projects with LEED v5 requirements using a clear, actionable framework.

Whether you are a sustainability consultant, architect, engineer, or building owner, this course provides the tools to integrate resilience into your projects and support long-term building performance.

Why Resilience Matters

As climate risks like extreme heat, flooding, and severe storms increase, resilience is no longer optional. It is a core expectation from owners, investors, insurers, and regulators.

LEED v5 reflects this shift by embedding resilience directly into the rating system. Understanding how to assess and respond to these risks supports certification, protects asset value, ensures continuity, and improves occupant safety.

Course Instructors


Mike Williams
President and Co-Founder
ClimateFirst

Mike Williams is Co-Founder and General Manager of ClimateFirst, a climate tech spin-off from RWDI that helps real estate owners assess and mitigate physical climate risks. A professional engineer and Principal at RWDI, he specializes in climate resilience, building performance, and developing tools like Climate Value at Risk (CVaR) to support data-driven adaptation strategies..

Hamoda Youssef
Director of Client Development
ClimateFirst

Hamoda Youssef is the Director of Client Development at ClimateFirst, focused on helping organizations integrate sustainability and resilience into their building portfolios. His work centers on climate risk, high-performance buildings, and aligning projects with evolving standards such as LEED v5. Hamoda brings a practical, client-focused approach to advancing resilient and future-ready developments.

What You Will Learn

Why Resilience is a Market Driver
Understand how climate risk is influencing the built environment and shaping LEED v5.

LEED v5 Resilience Requirements
Learn the Climate Resilience Assessment prerequisite and related credits and how they impact project design and performance.

A Practical Resilience Workflow
Follow a simple assess – plan – implement framework to identify hazards, evaluate vulnerabilities, and prioritize strategies.

Applying Climate Value at Risk (CVaR)
Translate climate risks into financial terms to support decision making, justify investments, and streamline documentation.

Tools for Implementation and Scale
Explore how platforms like Arc and USGBC PERFORM support data tracking, validation, and portfolio level planning.

Course Features

Practical, Real World Approach
Apply resilience concepts directly to projects and portfolios using real scenarios and examples.

Clear, Actionable Frameworks
Break down requirements into simple, repeatable steps your team can follow.

Portfolio Level Insights
Scale resilience strategies across multiple assets using data driven tools and performance tracking.

Approved for Continuing Education:
This course is approved for 1 hour of LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP ID+C, and LEED AP O+M specific continuing education, as well as WELL General and AIA HSW.

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