Hi everyone, please help us with these 2 questions:
1.- We have a furniture assembly made up by an imported steel structure (which has no sustainable characteristics) and by a top which is an FSC certified wood and also has regional and recycled content. Option 3 states that "All components of a furniture or medical furnishing assembly must meet sustainable sourced materials criteria", (I want to highlight the phrase all components) but, in page 200 of the Healthcare Supplement in Material Assemblies as well as in the example in page 202, it is showed that only a percentage or fraction of the assembly (in this case only the wood top) can count towards the credit through its sustainable attributes. Is this an inconsistency or are we missing something?
2.- The wood top is bought to another company which has FSC-COC, nevertheless, the final manufacturer of the assembly (furniture) has no COC. Do we still can count FSC certified wood fraction in this credit?.
Thanks so much!
Susan Walter
HDRLEEDuser Expert
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December 19, 2013 - 1:54 pm
1. The steel in your structure should count for a default 25% recycled content. That plus the wood should equal "all" and your tables should comply.
2. The way I understand FSC - COC, it is based on whether you are significantly altering the wood product then you need to have a COC. If you are getting your wood tops from another company and then putting them together, I would say you would not need to pass on the COC. Your company would not need to have processes in place to track the wood and wood waste (because there is essentially no wood waste). If you are getting the tops and cutting them to size and finishing them, you likely need the COC. I would recommend that if you are doing some cutting or processing on the wood that you consult with someone who knows much more than I do.