As energy modeling professionals, our expertise and skill are reflected not only in the quality of our models, but in the clarity with which we communicate to maintain our credibility. This credibility allows a model to function as a trustworthy, cross-disciplinary tool, rather than an isolated exercise for compliance. While many energy codes and standards allow compliance via energy model, none is as ubiquitous or notoriously rigorous as the LEED energy model review process. This process is known to demand careful documentation, and it is rare for a model to be approved without comments and revisions. This session pairs an experienced energy modeler who has achieved multiple zero-comment projects with a LEED reviewer to examine critical aspects of energy model documentation. This dual combination of expertise will provide both clarity of the LEED energy model documentation requirements and practical advice for demonstrating compliance. The session begins with a brief lecture followed by a knowledge check quiz to meet professional society self-reporting requirements. Interactive small-group activities follow, starting with a guided exercise using high-quality example documentation to create a comprehensive LEED energy model narrative template. Subsequent exercises place participants in the reviewer's role, allowing them to review and comment on curated document excerpts. The intent of these exercises is to cultivate a better understanding of the perspectives and mindset of LEED reviewers in order to create higher quality, more consistent documentation. This, in turn, will enable participants to reduce the number of energy model related comments from LEED and AHJ reviewers. We are all familiar with the phrase, “garbage in, garbage out.” Developing procedures which support high quality documentation is a necessary strategy to increase the transparency and credibility of the energy modeling profession. This topic is particularly timely as the recent launch of LEED version 5.0 represents a fresh opportunity to refine modeling and documentation processes.