Has anyone had any luck claiming compliant bio-based content with a product that is certified as a "USDA Certified Biobased Product"? It looks like testing is done via ASTM test method D6866, but I don't know about the "legally harvested" part. In my case, the product is EcoTouch® PINK® FIBERGLAS™ Batt & Roll Insulation- Unfaced, with a certified bio-based content of 98%.
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Mikhail Davis
Director of Technical SustainabilityInterface
28 thumbs up
December 11, 2019 - 2:31 pm
I'd love to know the answer to this as well. When I was on the TAG, the bio-based pathway was one of the ones we tried to make feasible again in LEED v4.1 (it was too easy in LEED 2009, too hard in LEED v4.0). I have a hard time believing fiberglass insulation could be 98% bio-based since it is mostly glass, typically. The starch-based binder that holds the glass fibers together is typically what would be bio-based.
Keith Robertson
PresidentSolterre Inc.
53 thumbs up
December 11, 2020 - 12:55 pm
Can anyone shed any light on whether USDA certified bio-based products count towards the Sourcing of Raw Materials credit? Testing only or Testing and SAN Compliant?
Marcia Weekes
LEED CoordinatorEcostrategic Consulting Services, LLC
27 thumbs up
December 11, 2020 - 1:59 pm
Keith,
Have you looked at the November 2020 update to LEED v4.1? It looks like it provides some credit for products certified to the USDA BioPreferred Voluntary Labeling Initiative. Do a search for ID#100002447. Perhaps you could consider using a credit substitute.