The USDA Forest Products Lab generated an EPD in conformance with ISO 14044. Would this generic, non-product specific documentation qualify for Pilot Credit 43 or LEED 2012?

I am considering submitting a Pilot LEED Credit for verifying (or certifying) the actual recycling of building waste materials, whether it is from construction or an EBOM operation.

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It is my understanding from the credit language that you can combine multipliers from the Certification pathway and the EPD pathway which is what we would like to do for our project.

In response to criticism of its new Certified Products pilot credit, USGBC appears to be sending the message that all pilot credits are experiments that will be modified before they are balloted, s

Hello, I cannot find a definition for "non-structural products and materials" and I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction.

In looking at all of the different certifications available in the marketplace and trying to determine which of these are right for our company and products, I have begun to wonder if there are any

My colleague at Environmental Building News, Nadav Malin, just posted a great article about this pilot credit: