Per the the FAQ's above: "GBCI had required invoices for all wood products, but has switched to requiring only invoices for FSC certified products, per the April 2008 FSC memo, which states that all invoices must be collected, but they do not need to be submitted. The reviewer does not need to see those to determine compliance." However the LEED Reference Guide (2009) and credits forms (2009 v3) still state ALL invoices must be uploaded. Was the "April 2008 FSC memo" only applicable for LEED v2 projects?
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Megan White
Chief Sustainability OfficerIntegral Group
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December 30, 2015 - 2:53 pm
Hi Charles,
Not sure if you were ever able to get guidance previously. This does seem to be inconsistent. I was not aware of the April 2008 memo, and therefore I've continued request & submit invoices for all projects going after the certified wood credit. I would recommend that you do the same. If you have a link to the April 2008 Memo, please do share so that I can look into this in more detail. Thanks!
Charles Nepps
NH Green Consulting97 thumbs up
December 30, 2015 - 4:24 pm
Hi Megan,
I went back to try and retrace where I got the information, and it was actually in the "FAQ's for MRc7" above:
"GBCI had required invoices for all wood products, but has switched to requiring only invoices for FSC certified products, per the April 2008 FSC memo, which states that all invoices must be collected, but they do not need to be submitted. The reviewer does not need to see those to determine compliance."
However I went a step further this time and tracked down the actual memo and it doesn't appear to me,that it actually states that; please read it and let me know your opinion.
http://www.usgbc.org/sites/default/files/MRc7%20Memo_040108.pdf
With no additional information to go on at the time, we just ended up tracking down and submitting all invoices.
Megan White
Chief Sustainability OfficerIntegral Group
12 thumbs up
December 30, 2015 - 4:37 pm
Thanks Charles. Yes agree - key point = "All vendor invoices for permanently-installed wood products, both FSC certified and not, purchased by
the project contractor and subcontractors must be compiled."