The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a 501 (C)(3) non profit composed of leaders from every sector of the building industry working to promote buildings and communities that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work.
The USGBC’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design(LEED) system is a third party certification program that promotes sustainable green planning, building and development. For qualifying credits and descriptions, please see the matrix below:
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MR 4. Materials & Resources: Recycled Content
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Increase the use of building products that contain recycled content material
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Sum of recycled content constitutes at least 10% (1Point) or 20% (+1Point) of materials in the project
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1 - 2 Points
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MR 5. Materials & Resources: Regional Materials
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Increase the use of building products that are extracted and manufactured within the project region
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A minimum of at least 10% (1 point) or 20% (+1 point) of combined value of the construction materials / products manufactured within a 500 mile radius
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1 - 2 Points
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MR 7. Materials & Resources: Certified Wood
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Encourage environmentally responsible forest management
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A minimum of 50% of wood-based products certified to the FSC for wood building components
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1 Point
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IEQ 4.4 Indoor Environmental Quality: Low Emitting Materials
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Improve indoor air quality
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Composite wood products must contain no added urea formaldehyde resins
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1 Point
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SOURCE: LEED 2009 for New Construction
POSSIBLE POINTS:
1 point for each qualifying category
For possible points and qualifying products click:
LEED MATRIX
For Credit MR 4, please
contact us for percentage values.
Please supply the product and the facility the panels are sourced from as pre- and post-consumer material composition vary from mill to mill and by season.
Visit the LEED website for more information
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