Achieve sustainable purchases of 50% of total purchases (by cost) during the performance period. Sustainable purchases shall meet 1 or more of the required criteria.
Do all carpets need to meet the CRI Green label requirements to qualify for 50% of total purchase requirements? I'm guessing that once one of the items on the reference guide list meets the sustainable requirements all other items can be mix and match to achieve the 50% purchase price total. (The carpet is just one example.)
Secondarily, I see Composite PANELS and agrifiber are defined as Composite Wood and agrifiber. We have operable partitions with a steel skin. These PANELS have added urea formaldehyde in the insulation layer. Is it correct to interpret this issue is about composite wood only, a steel panel product is not in question?
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11474 thumbs up
July 31, 2013 - 12:05 pm
Karin, the credit requirements are based on 50% of the expenditures, so a compliant carpet would contribute to the 50% compliant part of that, and a noncompliant carpet would not. You would not need 100% compliant carpeting.If there is no wood or agfiber content in that panel, I would not include it. I see the ambiguity in the credit language, but I don't think it's intentional.