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Schools-2009 MRc4:Recycled Content

Donnations in the Materials Credits calculation

We are working on a project for an NGO that is seeking a LEED-NC certification for their new office building. The NGO will be receiving many donations from local suppliers and businesses as well. Does anyone know how will the donated materials be calculated in the Regional and Recycled credits. It shall be noted that the material may be a big ticket items and is all new.

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Mon, 02/17/2014 - 17:40

Nadar - I don't have any experience with this. I hope other LEEDusers will chime in including someone from USGBC who was involved in their corporate HQ LEED certification. I know that they had this situation of donated materials and earned both MRc4 and MRc5 - http://www.usgbc.org/projects/usgbc-headquarters. In my mind, the problem is that these donated materials are not part of the overall job cost because they were donated. Hence they are not really part of the denominator of the calculations for MRc3-6. Consider reading this post for additional information while you wait for other assistance: http://www.leeduser.com/credit/CS-2009/MRc2#comment-12094.

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