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NC-2009 MRc4:Recycled Content

Do I need to list all the products?

I accidentally posted this in the Certified Wood section...If I take the default 45% of contract price for divisions 3-10 just in the concrete and steel my totals are 80% plus for recycled content and regional materials. Even if we used actual numbers for prices I would think we are much higher that that. Do I need to list every item out for these even though I am so much over the required total? My list is just getting very long.

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Mon, 06/24/2013 - 20:56

While it is laudable to document all the recycled and regional materials in a project (for a case study for instance), there is no requirement to list any more items for LEED than are needed to achieve these credits. However, if you are counting on just 2 items to get your project to credit achievement, your backup documentation that will have to be uploaded had better be airtight. And it would be worthwhile to have some other products ready to insert in case you get any clarification requests that dispute your backup. Eighty percent sounds high to me. I would suggest that you are sure you are picking up the costs in the sections identified in Divisions 31-32 also in the denominator of the fraction and that you have used the correct factors for post-consumer vs. pre-consumer recycled content.

Mon, 06/24/2013 - 21:00

Agreeing with Michelle. Check that your supplemental cementitous materials (SCM) are reported correctly. I've never gotten a submittal where it has been correct.

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