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LEED for Homes Myth #2: Documentation Requirements

December 16, 2025 :: Posted by Jason :: Category - Common Myths

How hard is it to document a LEED for Homes project? Many people know LEED projects completed under commercial rating systems, such as Interior Design and Construction (ID+C) or New Construction, now called Building Design and Construction (BD+C). Or perhaps you have heard about the large binders of documentation that a project team must assemble and submit to the USGBC for review and final LEED certification.

LEED for Homes requires less documentation than other LEED rating systems. If you believe LEED for Homes has equally difficult documentation requirements, think again. The reality is that documenting a LEED for Homes project is quite simple. The main submission is a small packet of pre-formatted documents, the LEED for Homes Project Checklist, which are generated from a single MS Excel file with multiple tabs for different submission information. Best of all, the forms are bundled together in the one single Excel file.