SPECIAL REPORT
LEEDuser expert
Dan Ackerstein
Ackerstein Sustainability, LLC
Principal
SPECIAL REPORT
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Intent
To reduce the environmental harm from materials and products purchased and used during operations and maintenance of buildings.
Requirements
Have in place an environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) policy for materials and products purchased for the project during regular operations. Include at a minimum:
- Ongoing Consumables
- The five most purchased product categories based on total annual purchases.
- Paper, toner cartridges, binders, batteries, and desk accessories.
- Food and beverage.
- Electronic Equipment
- Lamps (indoor and outdoor, hard-wired and portable fixtures).
- Office equipment, appliances, and audiovisual equipment.
- Electric powered equipment.
The policy should address performance targets for purchases that meet the criteria in MR Credit: Purchasing.
The policy must cover at least those product purchases within the building and site management’s control. For interiors projects, the policy must cover product purchases within the project’s control.
INTERIORS
In addition to the requirements above, Interiors projects must recommend best practices for environmentally preferable purchasing for purchases outside of the project’s control.
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© Copyright U.S. Green Building Council, Inc. All rights reserved.
Intent
To reduce the environmental harm from materials and products purchased and used during operations and maintenance of buildings.
Requirements
Have in place an environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) policy for materials and products purchased for the project during regular operations. Include at a minimum:
- Ongoing Consumables
- The five most purchased product categories based on total annual purchases.
- Paper, toner cartridges, binders, batteries, and desk accessories.
- Food and beverage.
- Electronic Equipment
- Lamps (indoor and outdoor, hard-wired and portable fixtures).
- Office equipment, appliances, and audiovisual equipment.
- Electric powered equipment.
The policy should address performance targets for purchases that meet the criteria in MR Credit: Purchasing.
The policy must cover at least those product purchases within the building and site management’s control. For interiors projects, the policy must cover product purchases within the project’s control.
INTERIORS
In addition to the requirements above, Interiors projects must recommend best practices for environmentally preferable purchasing for purchases outside of the project’s control.
In the end, LEED is all about documentation. LEEDuser’s Documentation Toolkit, for premium members only, saves you time and helps you avoid mistakes with:
- Calculators to help assess credit compliance.
- Tracking spreadsheets for materials purchases.
- Spreadsheets and forms to give to subs and other team members.
- Guidance documents on arcane LEED issues.
- Sample templates to help guide your narratives and LEED Online submissions.
- Examples of actual submissions from certified LEED projects.
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LEEDuser expert
Dan Ackerstein
Ackerstein Sustainability, LLC
Principal
