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NC-2009 MRc7:Certified Wood

Credit for Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) certified wood?

Tim Casper

LEEDuser Basic Member

9 thumbs up

January 18, 2012

Past CIRs indicate LEED does not recognize SFI as an alternative to the FSC certification requirement. But does anyone have up-to-date information on this? Has anyone been able to successfully use SFI wood to meet credit compliance? Thanks for the help!

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Emily Catacchio

Sustainability Specialist

Wight and Company

LEEDuser Basic Member

415 thumbs up

Thu, 01/19/2012 - 00:41

Tim,I have not heard of this changing, or anyone (in the US) achieving compliance with SFI.Perhaps others have?

Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

LEEDuser Expert

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Fri, 01/20/2012 - 19:32

Tim, it would be headline news in the green building world if a LEED project earned points using SFI wood. There is no change to LEED-2009 MRc7 as far as SFI goes.

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