Material Ingredient Screening/Action Plan

Brianne Grace

LEEDuser Basic Member

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August 17, 2021

I'm grasping for one last point here.

The reference manual says you can get 1/2 a product if: The manufacturer has screened the product to at least 1,000 ppm and has provided a publicly available inventory meeting the requirements of Option 1 and completed a detailed action plan to mitigate or reduce known hazards using the principles of green chemistry.

What if the HPD says that there are zero hazards to mitigate or reduce? Wouldn't that mean that they don't need an action plan? So, therefore I can get 1/2 a product?

I know this probably won't fly - but I just might try it, and list it in the special circumstances area.

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Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

LEEDuser Expert

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Thu, 09/09/2021 - 11:39

Brianne, do you have an example of this? It's an interesting approach but I have questions about the details. There may be no hazards listed on the HPD because the substances are not very well researched. Since the language is for "known" hazards, that might fly to some extent but I'm skeptical. Would need to see example. Same, the manufacturer could put language like what you said on an HPD in a place like the General Notes, but it would likely be their opinion only, without the kind of study and rigor that I think this credit is looking for.