What if we don't use

Armen Khachikyan

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April 15, 2010

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Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

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Thu, 04/15/2010 - 22:48

Lou, if you don't use composite wood or agrifiber products here, you can't earn the credit. Note that laminating adhesives are also covered by the credit, so check if you are using any of those.

Jorng-ren Chern

CEO

Enertek Sustainable Design & Technology

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Tue, 11/23/2010 - 10:39

just curious to find out if there is a reason why this is not possible to earn this credit if we just don't use any composite wood products at all? I have heard about project teams trying to earn as many point as possible and ordered a small portion of qualified composite wood products to install in the project while they didn't even need to use any. All of that was only for earning that extra credit? doesn't it become a waste by doing so?

Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

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Tue, 11/30/2010 - 03:37

The kind of situation you describe used to be common with IEQc4.3, but newer requirements there have closed the "carpeting a closet" loophole.For IEQc4.4, you cannot earn the credit without some composite wood, so specifying a small, compliant amount is acceptable. For the next version of LEED, look for this loophole to close up.