Do I need to submit the purchase invoice or any other documentation confirming product acquisition when applying for Building Product Disclosure and Optimization credits on LEED Online? If not required upfront, could the GBCI Review Team request this documentation at a later stage in the certification process? I find myself accumulating over a thousand invoices and questioning if its really necessary.
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Michelle Bombeck
Associate PrincipalO'Brien360
29 thumbs up
March 18, 2024 - 12:38 pm
Hi Marcelo - You do not need to submit proof of purchase for documenting EPDs and Material Ingredients credits. There is some inconsistency in how GBCI sees the expiration dates for these documents so you may get pushback from reviewers if the documents provided are expired, but I've never had to prove a purchase date. For Sourcing of Raw Materials, you do need invoices for any FSC wood contributions to demonstrate chain of custody.
Marcelo Alencar Pereira
LEED Consultant / Architect & UrbanistMYRTECH
March 18, 2024 - 2:48 pm
Thank you very much for your response, Michelle! This will greatly help and simplify the organization of documentation for submitting my projects, as I no longer need to accumulate hundreds of invoices and other proof of purchase for sustainable materials.