Sorry if this is a rudimentary for all you LEED guru's out there, but I am hoping you can clarify the question I have on a number of items we are specifying for our first LEED project
We are specifying a Chair Lift which is manufactured within 10 miles of our project site. The manufacturer buys components from all over the country and in some cases other countries. As it turns out there are 10 major components, 6 come from within 500 miles, 4 come from outside the 500 mile radius.
How do I calculate the contribution toward this credit?
Kristina Bach
VP of InnovationSustainable Investment Group
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March 5, 2015 - 4:36 pm
Are you sure that this product is included in the MRc5 calculations? You are only allowed to include items specified in Division 3-10 and a few very specific sections in Divisions 31 or 32. MEP and specialty equipment (including elevators) is excluded. I don't think this product should be included (in either your numerator or denominator).
If is was to be included, you would need to know the overall weight of the entire assembly as well as the individual weight of at least the 6 components that have their raw materials harvested/extracted within 500 miles of your job site. You could then claim that percentage as regional content. Note that the regional content must be calculated by weight, not cost, of the components. And you would need to be looking at the raw materials, not necessarily the supplier, of the components.
Frank Burkhart
Advanced Architecture and Planning, PCMarch 5, 2015 - 5:52 pm
You are correct about the Division 14. I was working on the spec for that at the time and wanted to give simple example
Your explanation of the calculation process is helpful when applied to other examples. Thank you