All Furniture to be Given to Another Company for Same Use.

Raymond Loo

Senior Manager, Corporate Services

MEA & Associates Limited (Hong Kong)

LEEDuser Basic Member

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July 22, 2011

Instead of reusing all of its furniture (chairs, cabinets, cubicle walls, etc.) after the renovation, our client is giving all of it to another company that will use it as furniture. Would this qualify for credit under MRc3.2? If so, what kind of documentation would be required? Would a letter to the recipient company with details and photographs of the furniture be sufficient? Sorry if this has been addressed previously but I did try to search an answer for this question. (This is our first project.)

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Raymond Loo

Senior Manager, Corporate Services

MEA & Associates Limited (Hong Kong)

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Thu, 07/28/2011 - 04:17

And as an alternative to 'gifting' the furniture to another corporation for their use as furniture, just in case there is some furniture that does not fit into the plans of the other corporation, what if our client puts this furniture into storage to be used in a future project? Does this portion also qualify for MRc3.2 credit calculation purposes? (I thought I read this somewhere before but I am unable to find that comment again.) Thanks.

Susie Spivey-Tilson

LEED Fellow, Senior Program Manager for Global Energy & Sustainability

CBRE

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Mon, 11/21/2011 - 16:55

Raymond, If I understand you correctly you are asking if the furniture your project donates to another project can be included in your project's calculations for MRc3.2. In this case you cannot claim material reuse for furniture you donate but you can include it in your MRc2 Construction Waste Management calculations as diverted from the landfill. To get credit for MRc3.2 you would have to be using any 're-use furniture' in your own project.