We are finding that some manufacturers of products that contain several raw materials or proprietary sources of materials are not providing a breakdown of specific raw material locations. The standard LEED information we are receiving from these manufactures say all raw materials are extracted from within 500 miles. Is this adequate information for LEED? Can we put 500 miles as the extraction or harvest location?
We have also seen forms that say manufactured within 500 miles. We should be able to get the specific location of manufacture but we are concerned that we won't be able to get the raw material locations.
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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July 19, 2010 - 3:42 pm
If they can attest to that in a letter to you for your documentation, I would accept it, based on what LEED Online asks for to document this credit.You do need extraction location or distance, in addition to manufacturing.