Borrowing EBOM Credits for ID

Hi Daniel- I have a CI 3.0 project and earned EBOM MRc4 Reduced Mercury as an ID point. Just as with any "borrowed" credit for an ID point - we submitted the intent, environmental issues, requirements and approach behind the strategy. We then uploaded the calculations to prove compliance and the cut sheets of the fixtures. I have another CI 3.0 project that just finished the design review including the same credit. We are anticipated to earn the credit using the same approach. I mention this to show there is successful consistency across our approach :) Good luck to you!

Thanks for this response Michelle, we're looking to achieve the EBOM MRc4 as an ID credit for our NC project. Do you by chance know where can I find a good "sample purchasing plan" for the owner to sign?

Christine, I'm not exactly sure what you're looking for in terms of having the owner sign a sample plan, but LEEDuser offers several resources, templates, and spreadsheets tailored for achieving EBOM MRc4, under our Documentation Toolkit for that credt.

Hello, we are pursuing EBOM MRc4 as an ID credit for our NC project. I am writing a draft policy for our owner to put in place based on the sample purchasing plan on LEEDuser. I was wondering if anyone who achieved this credit through ID included a performance evaluation section for monthly tracking of new purchases for a project that is not EBOM with a specified project timeline?

We have successfully implemented this credit in CI projects, both the EBOM MRc4 and the v4 Innovation: Purchasing - lamps (OM v4 MR Credit) by filling in the purchasing calculator for this credit. In order to achieve it you have to meet the Exemplary Performance threshold. As for the CI project we have included every type of lamps purchased during the fit-out, I believe the same would apply for a NC project. In our case all lamps purchased were LED type, so it was rather easy to achieve it.

I have successfully used or "borrowed" EBOM credits as well for LEED-CI and NC in the past. Currently I have a LEED-CI v2009 project and would like to use the EBOM MRc4, lighting credit, but my question is do you have use v4 or do you have the option to use the v2009 too? I am more familiar with the v2009 EBOM credit so I just assume to use that one for the CI project, but is there a requirement that says you have to use the latest version of the EBOM rating system?

Earlier we used the v2009 version but it was quite a while ago. Don't know if there is any restriction that you cannot use the v2009 credits, but I don't think so. There is not much difference however between the two versions as I see, apart from the EP threshold which is now 35 picograms per lumen-hour instead of 70. Which can be an issue obviously with non-LED lighting.

In the July 2017 LEED Quarterly Update, there is a correction for the v4 Reference Guides (https://www.usgbc.org/leedaddenda/100002167) that revises all references to the Innovation Catalog (from online innovation database). When I saw your posts, I wanted to ensure that everyone was aware of the Innovation Catalog. While I know your project is a LEED 2009 project, I would use the credits listed in the rating system's Innovation Catalog to ensure you are using an approved one. See https://www.usgbc.org/credits/commercial-interiors/v2009/innovation-catalog for the specific list of credits. This 2014 article - Introducing the LEED Innovation Catalog - https://www.usgbc.org/articles/introducing-leed-innovation-catalog - may be of interest. Among other things, it explains credits from other rating systems that are in the Innovation Catalog.