I get to know that we need to upload brochure or lamp specification if we declare in our existing building has Mercury Free lamp. we need to prove to USGBC that these lamp is more luminous efficacy than mercury contain lamps. in the case that we unable to collect ALL Mercury Free lamp brochure for uploading purposes, we will decline to get this credit?
in our project, Mercury Free lamp only has 1541 pcs ,about 1% of our total lamp installed in our building, while the rest is Low Mercury contain lamps. please advice.
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Jason Franken
Sustainability ProfessionalLEEDuser Expert
608 thumbs up
December 29, 2010 - 7:00 pm
If you want to claim the mercury-free lamps in your credit calculations, then you have to provide manufacturer documentation showing that they are just as energy efficient as their conventional counterparts. However, you are allowed to exempt up to 10% of the total number of lamps in your project building from the credit calculations. So, it may affect your overall weighted average mercury content, but you can exempt those 1541 mercury free lamps if you're unable to find all of the manufacturer documentation.
Simon Sue
SL+A INTERNATIONAL ASIA INC.411 thumbs up
December 29, 2010 - 7:17 pm
Hi Jason, Thank you for your advice, 2/3 of these mercury-free lamps does have the manufacturing spec, and ready for submission. only 1/3 of it doesn't able to collect from local manufacturer.
again, Thank you.