I recently pursued this credit for a LEED v4 ID+C office space. It appears as though the credit documentation was approved; although, none of the three products have full documentation. It required me to review all product documentation including EPDs, HPDs, and MSDS. I do not believe this credit progresses the industry any further than any of the BPDO credits in v4.
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11474 thumbs up
February 12, 2019 - 8:28 am
Maria, I'm curious if you can say more? Did the documentation provide anything useful in your decision-making?
Jonathan Napolitano
June 14, 2019 - 11:37 am
We have recently pursued this pilot credit for a Commercial Interiors project. The project is located in an office building in the heart of Washington, DC. We focused our analysis on plastic laminates, ceiling panels, and unfaced insulation. All of these products had EPDs and MSDS's which made finding relevant information easy to do. The criteria listed in the credit requirements were clear and was able to be found within product documents. I do feel that a reason why some of this information is relevant should be provided. This helps put perspective on the credit intent and meaning.
LEED Team DC
Gensler4 thumbs up
July 3, 2019 - 11:31 am
Having completed the documentation, I can't help but think that perhaps a better lense to apply to the exercise would be a comparative analysis. Two products (ie hardback carpet tile or acoustic ceiling tile) being considered by the design team are compared for the health, safe and environmental impacts and the healthier/more sustainable option was selected.
Emma Reif
Thornton Tomasetti1 thumbs up
September 10, 2019 - 3:18 pm
I agree with Gensler's post - it is difficult to evaluate the environmental impact of a product without something to compare it against.