commercial, industrial, or institutional end-users and can no longer be used for its intended purpose. It includes returns of materials from the distribution chain (ISO 140221). Examples include construction...

System that conforms to ISO 14001-2004 standards. In my experience and research, LEED EB and ISO 14001 complement each other well. The ISO 14001-2004 guidance for an EMS is specific and requires that the following components be included:- General Requirements- Environmental Policy- Planning- Implementation and Operation- Checking- Management Review ISO 14001 aims to lead an organization to a commitment...

The LEED Guidebook mentions environment management systems conforming to ISO 14001-2004 in the development of environmental policies and objectives as a possible path to an Innovations in Operations credit. My client has been practicing this and EHSMS 18001. They are ISO 14001-2004 certified. Is the latest certificate sufficient as documentation or are there other documentation requirements to get this credit point? IOc1 ...

so for a project in europe we have recently been submitted a breakdown of VOC-content for a putty product which showed significantly different values depending on the testing method: DIN ISO 11890 5 g/L, ASTM D-3960-1 72.5 g/L. Anyone have any experience / problems with this in review? Normally the VOC contents are simply quoted without testing method and we do not usually ask which method was used. I cant find any requirement in the Ref Guide regarding testing method, but the SCAQMD Rules specify 3 possibilities: the U.S. EPA Reference Test Method 24; Method 303 in SCAQMD 's "Laboratory...

in the MR7 Credit language. The V2009 IDC and BD+C glossaries both identify 'Recycled Content' as either post-consumer or pre-consumer per ISO 14021. It would appear that USGBC has conflict...

2:52 pm Paul, thanks for easing my heart. We found a unit here in China that exceeds the ARI-ISO 13256-1 rating for CEE Water Cooled Tier 1 (14.0 EER) as there is no Tier 2 according to www.cce1.org 2009...

Patrick, where are you seeing this? I'm looking at page 370 of the BD&C Reference Guide, and page 244 of the ID&C Reference Guide, and seeing them both reference ISO 14021. Both are LEED 2009 versions. LEED-NC 2009 ...