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Janitorial Products
EBOM-2009 MRc1:Sustainable Purchasing—Ongoing Consumablesposted by Jessica Kruse on
Do you count things like paper towels and toilet paper as ongoing consumables or just under green cleaning products?
performance period for re-certification
EBOM-2009 MRc1:Sustainable Purchasing—Ongoing Consumablesposted by Pablo Fortunato Suarez on
The LEED Re-certification Guidance document recommends submission of purchases of the most recent 25% of performance period. Are we allowed to include data prior to that period as well?
Line between consumables and 'process' consumables
EBOM-2009 MRc1:Sustainable Purchasing—Ongoing Consumablesposted by Susan Walter on
I'm wondering where to draw the line between consumables (which in my mind are things people use in the course of their business day) and the items used for the business (product raw materials, ite
Dormitory Tracking
EBOM-2009 MRc1:Sustainable Purchasing—Ongoing Consumablesposted by JOHN COOK on
I am working on a university dormitory with 500 students living there. It would be almost impossible to track all of their purchases.
Packaging products
EBOM-2009 MRc1:Sustainable Purchasing—Ongoing Consumablesposted by Gabriel Frasson on
I was wondering if some packaging of products that adress IEQ requirements but also attend one or more MRc1 criteria can be used here, like soap packing. Other question is, shampoo and/or band-aid
Non-direct Purchase Item
EBOM-2009 MRc1:Sustainable Purchasing—Ongoing Consumablesposted by Ran Zhang on
The project I am working on does not pay for any toner cartridges as they are included in the maintenance contract.
FSC vs SFI
EBOM-2009 MRc1:Sustainable Purchasing—Ongoing Consumablesposted by Kay Sieck on
Why does LEED not recognize SFI products? We purchase products with that label such as our hanging folders and file folders. Does it count as and FSC product? Thanks for the help
Wide Format Paper - business required, no recycled options??
EBOM-2009 MRc1:Sustainable Purchasing—Ongoing Consumablesposted by Jennifer Fitts on
Our business uses large/wide format printing for design plans quite a bit and the paper has accounted for a large portion of our purchasing. I've gone to our vendors to see about recycled content p