Healthcare

Gustavo De las Heras Izquierdo

LEED Expert

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March 19, 2014

Hallo, I would like to volunteer for the GBCI to create a new ACP for the Healthcare rating system, credit MRc4.2. Could you please give me some advice?

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Sean Fish

Project Manager, LEED

USGBC

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Wed, 03/19/2014 - 19:34

Hi Gustavo, Thank you for reaching out with this question. At this time we are not developing additional ACPs for individual credits, but please send me an email off of this chain with more details of what you would like to propose for this credit and we can discuss other options. Best, Sean

Gustavo De las Heras Izquierdo

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Wed, 03/19/2014 - 19:46

Sure, This is about proposing a standard that meets the maximum lead content for copper pipes required in credit MRc4.2. After doing some research, I've found out that according to the Official Journal of the European Union, the thresholds are: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:174:0088:0110:EN:PDF Lead (0,1 %) (0.1%=1,000 ppm) Mercury (0,1 %) Cadmium (0,01 %) Hexavalent chromium (0,1 %) This would make RoHS compliant for copper pipes. I am still working on finding a standard that meets the lead content for electrical wiring.