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Do I need to provide invoices for all of the new wood products purchased for the project, or just FSC wood products?

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NC-2009 MRc7:Certified Wood

Wood Casework for laboratory

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Eri Spaulding
Ashley McGraw Architects, DPC
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I have wood caseworks with bamboo veneer on it which are specified under Div. 11. I assume since this is under Div. 11, it is excluded from the calculation even though it uses wood products for casework. Does anyone have an experience on this? Thanks.

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Doug Pierce, AIA
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Thu, 05/05/2011 - 15:15

Hi Donna - The LEED NC V2009 Reference guides says to "include only materials permanently installed in the project." So in my mind, the real question focuses on whether the wood product is going to be "permanently attached" to the building, regardless of the Specification Division. Wood products show up in a range of spec sections, depending on the specifier, so using the "permanently attached" rule is how I have determined if it is included in the MR 7 Credit for LEED NC for years now. If the casework is easily moveable, (I.E. on casters), then it might(?) be considered furniture... | dp

Thu, 06/28/2012 - 20:42

Donna - We have a similar situation on one of our jobs where our permanently installed lab casework (Div. 11) is FSC and a very large dollar value so we would like to use it for this credit. We want to use it just for this credit, however not for any of the other MR credits. The book states "Furniture" (Div 12) needs to be used consistently, but doesn't address Div 11. Did you use the lab casework in pursuing this credit? If so, did you have to apply the casework for all the other MR credits?

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