We have a project in Mexico that is seeking LEED Certification. The reinforcing steel bars are made out of junk metals. The junk vendors sell to the manufacturer and do not have any documentation for where their "junk" came from, and quite frankly can come from a variety of sources. Is there anyway our project team can apply this material to this credit?
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Nadav Malin
PresidentBuildingGreen, Inc.
LEEDuser Moderator
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June 18, 2010 - 5:25 pm
No, there really isn't. This credit is intended to apply only to materials that can be tracked back to their place of origin. But you can claim recycled content value under MRc4, of course.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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June 21, 2010 - 11:09 am
To elaborate a little, you can potentially claim that scrap metal is a regional material, but you have to be able to document that in some way. The junk vendors in Norma's situation may buy scrap from all over the world. If you can document that scrap came from a regional collection point or points, then you could count it as regional.