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NC-v4 MRc2:Building product disclosure and optimization - environmental product declarations

Thermal Barrier Tape and EPD

I talked to a leading manufacturer of thermal barrier tape which typically requires an EPD to be included in the credit. The manufacturer has stated that they will not be providing EPD for their fire protection products and putting together "other" information that may help customers acquire LEED v4 credits. What other information could they be talking about? Because this is a large facility, we have fire protection needs throughout the project and don't want to lose the opportunity to get the credit. What should we be looking for to ensure that we stay in compliance with this credit?

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Paula Melton
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Wed, 07/27/2016 - 17:46

They are probably talking about achieving other credits (perhaps they're working on an HPD for BPDO-Material Ingredients). I don't know of any other documentation that meets this credit in particular. This makes complete sense, if you think about it. The tape in the building is more relevant to health impacts, including IAQ, than it is to your building's carbon footprint or other metrics you'll find in an EPD.Since credit achievement (under Option 1—with Option 2 elusive for now) is calculated by number of declarations rather than cost, there are likely other products that could contribute to achieving the EPD credit. These other products are also very likely to be more relevant to the actual environmental footprint of your building, so it works out.

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