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EBOM-2009 MRc1:Sustainable Purchasing—Ongoing Consumables

anticipated annual total ongoing consumables purchases

In the Reference Guide on page 254 in Table 1. it's written that "Purchases of of ongoing consumables during the performance period must represent at least 5% (by cost) of documented or anticipated annual total ongoing consumables purchases". Is it necesarry to estimate the cost of annual ongoing purchases? I checked the LEEDonline form and there is no place to input this data.

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Wed, 04/01/2015 - 17:19

Dear Agata, There is no requirement in this credit to estimate the cost of annual ongoing purchases. I believe the note on page 254 in Table 1 is to ensure that projects pick a performance period that is representative of at least 5% of the purchases of ongoing consumables for the year rather than choosing a performance period where no purchases would be made. Do not worry too much about meeting the 5% threshold because the project will not be flagged for this issue in a review if they have sufficient, representative ongoing purchasing data during the performance period. Hope this helps!

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