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CI-2009 MRc6: Rapidly Renewable Materials
i get to know from my supplier that their product was made from Acacia trees and it will growth to maturity below 10 years. i try to check on USGBC or EPA list of renewable resouces material and i cant find the list. any idea where i can have the list of rapid renewable material list?
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Nadav Malin
CEOBuildingGreen, Inc.
LEEDuser Moderator
844 thumbs up
October 15, 2010 - 9:41 am
Hi James, There is no official list. Any biobased material that otherwise meets the requirements should be accepted. If you can get formal documentation from your supplier about the less-than-10-years cycle, than you should be OK. When the rules were written, 10 years was picked in part to exclude any wood products, since those are covered separately under Credit 7. But that's not how the requirement was written.As a best practice (not a LEED requirement) you might want to see if you can get the Acacia from an FSC-certified source. Then you can also claim credit for it under Credit 7.
Simon Sue
SL+A INTERNATIONAL ASIA INC.411 thumbs up
October 15, 2010 - 11:31 pm
HI Naday,
unfortunately their forestry gain the CoC from PEFC and not from FSC. cant obtain these credit for MR7. really appreciate your advice!