I am working in a 35.000 s.f. student union building in a cumpus. The owner wants to remove the 40 year old exterior wood siding, re-insulate the exterior walls and replace the interior gypsum finish of the exterior walls. Since we are maintaining 100% of the wood framing, can we count the exterior walls as a 100% reuse?
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Jean Marais
b.i.g. Bechtold DesignBuilder Expert832 thumbs up
February 4, 2010 - 10:15 am
My old study notes say this only applies to structural elements, but you'd have to double check me.
Anne Nicklin
Executive DirectorBuilding Materials Reuse Association
167 thumbs up
June 1, 2011 - 3:07 pm
Hi Susan and Jean,
As the credit specifically references the exterior cladding, you definitely cannot count the walls as 100% reuse if the wood siding is being removed. You could propose an alternative compliance path, either in a formal interpretation request, or with your credit submittal, to count a portion of the walls for reuse.
Let us know how it turns out.
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