PEFC-certified

USGBC is considering this change, but it's still very much in process and I wouldn't be surprised if there is a fourth public comment period on the proposal, and then it must be voted on by a consensus body of USGBC members. Then there would be some practical work needed to make it available to LEED 2009 projects.It's possible that SFI, PEFC, and other certifications will be allowed to earn some credit under the revised system, but it's not clear how much.LEEDuser will be covering this situation as it develops—look for updates in our e-newsletter.

Any new development and revised system released from USGBC regarding the SFI and PEFC certificate can also earn credit under MRc6?

According to the above FAQ, it seems that PEFC certificate still not be allow to earn credits. Any update under CS2009 now?.

We’re having trouble getting FSC wood within our budget. Can we use products with another forestry certification?

No. Only forestry products certified by the FSC can contribute to earning MRc7. Wood products that are not FSC-certified, including those certified to SFI or PEFC, can still contribute to MRc5, though.

Please reply. Thanks you very much.

There is now a pilot credit for "legal wood" that includes an alternative compliance path to the certified wood credit. That ACP allows for SFI and PEFC wood, so if you go with the pilot credit you can bypass the FSC requirement. That pilot credit is quite controversial however, so it might change. If you want to use it, register for it asap. http://www.leeduser.com/credit/Pilot-Credits/MRpc102

To fullfill the Certified Wood Pilot ACP: 100 % of wood should be from ”Legal Sources”, 70 % from ”Responsible sources” and 50 % from”Certified sources”. PEFC with COC is legal, responsible and certified source. Only PEFC without COC counts as a legal source, so you can have some PEFC wood without CoC and yet fullfill the credit criteria. The Pilot ACP calculator (third tab) shows which woods that are accounted for as legal, responsible and certified.

Hello Sara,

can you give me a hint what to insert in the top cells of the excel sheet "v4_v2009_Legal Wood ACP calculator" we have to use with the pilot credit MRpc102 Legal wood.

In our case we only have wood doors which are 85% in respect to the costs PEFC-COC certified. No other new wood products in the scope.

Total value of non-wood permanently installed:
this seems to be the whole amount of material costs minus wood - right? 
or only for the building product (Wood doors) - in this case we have a non certified portion of 15% for what we can not prove legal sourcing for the rest, if it is wood at all.  

Value of non-wood eligible products:
this term is not defined anywhere. Where can we find a definition? 
The credit language tells us 70% of all wood must be responsible sourced by ASTM D7612-10

Value of wood eligible certified products: the certified cost portion of our wood doors, thats clear.

sincerly Arwid

Dear all ,

can anyone give me a hint what to insert in the top cells of the excel sheet "v4_v2009_Legal Wood ACP calculator" we have to use with the pilot credit MRpc102 Legal wood. we can´t find any

In our case we only have wood doors which are 85% PEFC-COC certified new wood in respect to the costs . No other new wood products in the scope.

Total value of non-wood permanently installed:
this seems to be the whole amount of material costs minus wood - right?
or only for the building product (Wood doors) - in this case we have a non certified wood portion of 15% for that we can not prove legal sourcing, if this remaining part is wood at all.

Value of non-wood eligible products:
this term is not defined anywhere. Where can we find a definition?
The credit language tells us 70% of all wood must be responsible sourced by ASTM D7612-10. But how is non-wood eligible?

Value of wood eligible certified products: the certified cost portion of our wood doors, thats clear.

sincerly Arwid