Can manual equipment (ex: a carpet sweeper) that is used in place of powered equipment (ex: a vacuum) be counted when trying to achieve the 20% threshold for compliant inventory equipment?
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Trista Brown
Project DirectorWSP USA
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June 6, 2013 - 10:59 am
Hi Timothy,
This credit looks at the sustainability criteria met by powered equipment only to determine compliance. LEED performance metrics are intended to be the most reliable way to compare performance across different projects. Using your example, it would get a little tricky for teams to prove that they would have used a vacuum but chose to use a carpet sweeper (and difficult for reviewers as well to confirm those claims). And for this credit in particular, switching out powered equipment for manual equipment may not be better for building cleanliness and indoor air quality, making it tough to determine whether different manual cleaning methods would qualify as environmentally preferred over powered methods.
Thanks,
Trista