FSC MIX

Per LEED Reference Guide Correction #100000383, wood products that are identified on invoices as FSC Pure and FSC Mixed Credit should be valued at 100% of the product cost. Wood products identified as FSC Mixed (NN)% should be valued at the indicated percentage of their cost, for example, a product identified as FSC Mixed 75% should be valued at 75% of the cost.

Jorge, If there is no % associated with the FSC Mix, you can assume that it is considered FSC Mixed Credit, but it would be good practice to check with the supplier to ensure that the % was not omitted from the documentation. Karin

Jorge - I was trying to find something on FSC's website but check out this link - http://www.woodworkingnetwork.com/wood-blogs/industrial-woodworker/production-industry-guest-blogs/Changes-to-FSC-Chain-of-Custody-Standards-139845123.html#sthash.hFVWjUXn.dpbs. It discusses the 2012 changes to the FSC Standard. "Existing Invoice Claim → New Claim FSC Pure → FSC 100% FSC Mixed xx% → FSC Mix xx% FSC Mixed Credit → FSC Mix Credit"

The FSC Chain of Custody Standard 40-004 can be downloaded from the FSC website at the following link: http://hostmaster.cefcoproject.org/documentsearch.html?&no_cache=1&tx_damdownloads_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=762&cHash=dd0949480ee888b178f35139cd4822e5. Section 6-Page 19 of the standard explains that all invoices and shipping documents of products with a FSC claim must clearly identify the proper FSC claim along with the vendors FSC Certificate Code. FSC Mix products can have either a FSC Mix Credit claim or a FSC Mix XX% claim. The claim applied would depend on the components that the manufacturer used to construct the product and what portion if any, was manufactured with FSC Controlled Wood in lieu of FSC Certified wood. While a product with a FSC Mix Credit claim is considered 100% FSC, a product with a percentage base claim could be less as only the percentage by weight or volume of the FSC material in that assembly would be listed as the claim percentage. I.e. FSC Mix 79%.

Jorge - It sounds like you may be looking at flooring that carries an FSC on-product label. There are many FSC certified products available at retail locations that carry FSC on-product labels, but for LEED documentation purposes, FSC on-product labels cannot be used to document for the LEED MRc7 credit. LEED requires project teams to document their MRc7 contributions through invoices for the FSC certified products from FSC certified suppliers. The invoices for these products will carry the full FSC claim (FSC Mix Credit, FSC Mix XX%, FSC 100%, etc) and the valid chain of custody number of the supplier. Only FSC certified companies can make FSC claims on their invoices. In some cases, if the flooring supplier is also the installer (see LI #10296: http://www.usgbc.org/node/1731359?view=interpretations), then they do not need to be FSC certified. Instead the installer can provide their invoice with a letter from their FSC certified manufacturer stating the chain of custody number and FSC claim. In your case, if the flooring supplier is not the installer, then you should ask the flooring supplier if they are FSC certified and then make sure they can sell this material to you with an FSC claim. You will need to keep the invoice as documentation for MRc7.