Hello,
We have a Project in Germany where the contractor wants to know if the material which if purchased from a local distributor would count towards the credit or would we have to go back in the supply chain line to track the origin of the material? The facade for instance is made with aluminium and glass and the aluminium is definately not extracted in Germany. if it is at least bought from a local supplier, would it count towards this credit?
Thank you!
Best
Nikita Jayswal
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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July 9, 2019 - 7:31 pm
No, I'm afraid not. Lots of building products and materials flow through some local supplier or distributor, but the intent is clearly to use the extraction location. This can be hard for commodity materials like aluminum and glass! I would look at other materials.
Overall, there is not a specific requirement to trace it back X number of steps in the supply chain. It's more that you either know where it came from with a reasonable amount of research, or you don't. Most projects that go for this credit successfully use intentional design choices to feature regional materials, e.g. regional wood structure, or locally quarried stone.
Richard Metts
CPC, LEED AP BD+CDurotech, Inc.
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July 10, 2019 - 10:07 am
Hello Nikita, you will have to track the material back to the extraction and then manufacturing locations to your job site. The Materials Calculator and Tracker spread sheet is especially helpful to accomplish this. A key note is that materials transported from the extraction point via rail, inland waterway and ship you use the following formula to calculate. (Distance by rail/3); (Distance by Inland Waterway/2); (Distance by Sea/15). Hopefully this may help you. My best regards, Rich