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Full EPD or only the first few pages?

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posted by  Kai Starn  on 

Curious about others experience submitting EPDs for review - do you include only the first few pages which includes the program operator, type, expiration, etc., or have you been asked to provide t

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Thu Sep 25, 2025, 3:51 pm

EPD, option 2 - how to know if the EPD contributes?

NC-v4.1 MRc2:Environmental Product Declarations
posted by  Amanda Cunningham  on 

I have read through a lot of threads in this forum and am still not understanding how I can look at an EPD and confirm if it contributes to option 2.

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Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:47 pm

Mechanical Equipment

NC-v4.1 MRc2:Environmental Product Declarations
posted by  Summer Gorder  on 

Can you include mechanical equipment in the BPDO credits?

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 10:15 pm

Calculator Protected sheet v4 1_Bldg products calculator_v04

NC-v4.1 MRc2:Environmental Product Declarations
posted by  Allison Para  on 

Hello LEED Experts,

Please help me with the v4.1 Calculator for (MR) Building products calculator. I am unable to make any changes or edits.

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Tue Aug 20, 2024, 9:34 pm

EPD Option 2: Optimization

NC-v4.1 MRc2:Environmental Product Declarations
posted by  Laura Ribeiro  on 

Hello everyone,

I am using some products that already have 2 versions of EPDs, and in the new version there is a table with the differences in relation to the previous EPD.

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v4.1 Option 2 - Life Cycle Impact Reduction Action Plan - Where to find these?

NC-v4.1 MRc2:Environmental Product Declarations
posted by  Brian Salazar  on 

I have comments returned from the reviewer that the products we are using to clai Option 2 do not have a complete Life Cycle Impact Reduction Action Plan.

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Mon Apr 29, 2024, 1:23 pm

Opt 2 Embodied Carbon/LCA Optimization - Eligible materials in European Region

NC-v4.1 MRc2:Environmental Product Declarations
posted by  Kairi Noulik  on 

Good day

I am working on projects in Estonia and we are trying to achieve the requirement for Opt 2 of this credit by choosing 5 materials from 3 different manufacturers.

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Thu Aug 29, 2024, 9:17 pm

Better Materials Web Site Discontinued

NC-v4.1 MRc2:Environmental Product Declarations
posted by  Cynthia Kaplan  on 

I contacted GBCI on January 19 when I could no longer access bettermaterials.gbci.org. I received this response today.

Hi Cynthia,

 

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Thu Feb 29, 2024, 3:50 pm

v4.1 EPD Option 2 (optimization) - no viable way to mandate this in construction specs!

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posted by  Joanna Switzer  on 

Ok, frank question - I have invested countless hours hunting the myriad of similar and overlapping product directories to pre-qualify LEEDv4.1 compliant products (Both MR & Low emitting) -

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Mon Jan 29, 2024, 3:14 pm

Documentation after EPD threshold reached

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posted by  Andrea Vickers  on 

Hi - I thought I had found somewhere that LEED requires you to continue counting products with EPDs (applies to HPDs/materials ingredients as well) even after you reach the threshold targ

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Fri Dec 8, 2023, 5:00 pm