I'm working on a restaurant, and we're having our dining tables custom built from salvaged wood. We've been planning on getting this credit, but upon reading closer I'm not sure that our tables will count. The materials are salvaged from another site, as required, however they aren't salvaged from existing furniture. I believe we fulfill the intent of this credit, but are we technically meeting the requirements? Thanks!
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Susie Spivey-Tilson
LEED Fellow, Senior Program Manager for Global Energy & SustainabilityCBRE
LEEDuser Expert
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March 8, 2011 - 5:08 pm
The reference guide says, on page 234, that refurbished materials such as a door that has been converted into a table, can count toward this credit or MRc3.1 but not both. So, based on that I would use it in my project. If it makes or breaks your ability to earn the credit test in out in MRc4 for recycled content and see how it contributes there. Where do you get the greatest benefit? Just remember you can only use it in one or the other, not both.
Max Calabro
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March 8, 2011 - 8:07 pm
We're already got all reclaimed millwork for MRc3.1, so it'll definitely go toward the furniture goal. Could this fit into MRc4 as you mentioned? Reclaimed wood seems more like reused than recycled, although the parts are reshaped and finished to make the tables. Thanks again!
Susie Spivey-Tilson
LEED Fellow, Senior Program Manager for Global Energy & SustainabilityCBRE
LEEDuser Expert
158 thumbs up
March 9, 2011 - 6:39 pm
I believe you could. Of course that doesn't mean your review team will agree with me in the end. If you're not really able to claim it under MRc3.2, then it stands to reason that you deserve to be able to count it for MRc4 - and that follows the rule of not counting it in both.
If the table tops only are reclaimed but you have a 'new' base, enter it as one product, calculate the weight of the components and claim 100% post consumer on the portion of the table tops.