Building Products dont meet credit requirements?

Hi Emily, Unfortunately, there isn't an "out" for projects that aren't using enough different products to get to the required 20--at least not yet. But you should take a close look at the definitions for what can be considered a different product, and see if some creative specs can't help you get there. For example, different colors of the same paint don't count as separate products, but different gloss levels do. So if you use a flat, semigloss, and eggshell of the same paint line, and that line has an EPD, you've now got three products toward your 20.  On your other question--I also think it would be a stretch to get an innovation credit, since all TIs retain a lot of existing building infrastructure. If you are really doing something innovative to make that work, and it has a significant impact on the overall impact of the materials, it might be worth a shot! Nadav

Under MR Credit Interiors Life-Cycle Impact Reduction, you get credit for re-using interior materials and infrastructure.  If you are re-using existing materials, pursue this credit.