We are moving about half of the existing furniture from our office to another one of our office locations to be used. The furniture is being reused for the same purpose but at a different location and not by the same people. The rest of our existing furniture will remain on-site and will be used after the remodel. Would this count towards MRc3.2? Is there any way it could also count towards MRc2? I'm not sure which credit I can count the furniture towards, if any, or both.
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Susie Spivey-Tilson
LEED Fellow, Senior Program Manager for Global Energy & SustainabilityCBRE
LEEDuser Expert
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June 17, 2011 - 12:29 pm
Reynaldo - From the sound of comment you're good to count the reused furniture for MRc3.2. However, you cannot count the furniture for MRc2 (either for or against you) since it is furniture being reused as furniture. Read the last paragraph above under Construction Waste Management.
Raymond Loo
Senior Manager, Corporate ServicesMEA & Associates Limited (Hong Kong)
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July 28, 2011 - 12:12 am
Could I get a clarification on the comments to this question "50% Furniture Used at Another One of Our Offices".
Reynaldo, are you asking about the 50% of furniture that is moved to another site or about the 50% of furniture that will be reused at the same site after completion of the project?
Susie, is your response that they could count both 50% and 50% reuse towards the MRc3.2 credit calculation? And to confirm my understanding of not qualifying for MRc2, is that the furniture is not going to be reused for 'another' purpose.
Thanks.
Susie Spivey-Tilson
LEED Fellow, Senior Program Manager for Global Energy & SustainabilityCBRE
LEEDuser Expert
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August 9, 2011 - 9:02 am
I understood that Reynaldo was pursuing LEED CI for his office renovation and would be reusing 1/2 of the furniture that is currently there in the renovation and the other 1/2 of the furniture would go to a new (but existing) office that is not seeking LEED certification. The furniture that is being reused in the office being remodeled (and seeking certification) would count for MRc3.2. The furniture that is leaving the office being remodeled to go to their other office would count for MRc2 as it is being diverted from the landfill ,but that half of the furniture would not count for MRc3.2 in the remodel project as it is not being re-used in the project seeking LEED CI.
Clear as mud, right?