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Sample purchasing plan
EBOM-2009 MRc4:Sustainable Purchasing—Reduced Mercury in Lampsposted by Sara Goenner Curlee on
I'm looking for sample purchasing plan to use for ID credit with NC. Any ideas?
Count LED conversion for EBOM MRc4?
EBOM-2009 MRc4:Sustainable Purchasing—Reduced Mercury in Lampsposted by Molly ODONNELL on
Can MRc4 be used on EBOM project purchasing LED troffers instead of any CFLs? (Building is in the process of converting all fixtures to LED, thereby eliminating the mercury.)
Purchasing fluorescent UV lamps for HVAC system
EBOM-2009 MRc4:Sustainable Purchasing—Reduced Mercury in Lampsposted by Janki Vyas on
Our office has to purchase replacement UV lamps for our air filtration system. The manufacturer recommended lamps are fluorescent and contain a low level of Hg (3 Mg).
Inventory vs Plan
EBOM-2009 MRc4:Sustainable Purchasing—Reduced Mercury in Lampsposted by Michelle Rosenberger on
This credit talks about a purchasing plan but uses an inventory in lieu in the documentation.
CCFL- Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps
EBOM-2009 MRc4:Sustainable Purchasing—Reduced Mercury in Lampsposted by Luis Leal on
CCFL- Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamps could be excluded from the calculations? The manufacture just inform this:"Low content of mercury, 20% less than that of CFL. How should I proceed?
Emergency lights
EBOM-2009 MRc4:Sustainable Purchasing—Reduced Mercury in Lampsposted by Saju Varghese on
Do emergency lights need to be included in this list?
Using as ID credit in New Construction, indoor & outdoor
EBOM-2009 MRc4:Sustainable Purchasing—Reduced Mercury in Lampsposted by Sarah Corbitt on
I'm working on a project which is using this credit as an ID credit for LEED-NC. Must outdoor lights be included?
mercury in specialty lamps (animal care)
EBOM-2009 MRc4:Sustainable Purchasing—Reduced Mercury in Lampsposted by Saju Varghese on
We are having an issue because some animal care lamps of our project do not really disclose the mercury content of the lamps since they consider it as some part of their copyright of some sort.
LEDs compared to their counterpart flourescent
EBOM-2009 MRc4:Sustainable Purchasing—Reduced Mercury in Lampsposted by Saju Varghese on
In order to compare apples to apples (efficiency) lets assume the unit as lumens/Watt.