I'm looking for clearer guidance on how to calculate the Total Construction Cost". Is this to be the estimated cost of construction, or the actual cost of construction?

I have documentation from the project's concrete supplier that includes integral color together with cementitious materials. In this case, integral color contributes significantly towards both...

Has anybody ever had an issue with using an...

Our project includes a geothermal system. When calculating the total material cost I wonder in which division of the CSI masterformat should the cost of this system be accounted for. The...

Although the Credits state that MEP and other products should be excluded, may they be included in the calculations if desired?

I have the opportunity to get...

Can the 25% default...

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We all know that furniture does not need to be included in the Materials & Resources credits, right?

However, in a Sports Arena where seats are a permanent element...

Do I need to enter every single material used into the spreadsheet, or can I stop once I've reached the 10% or 20% threshold? Please tell me it's the latter!

In the wake of recent storms, a municipality has collected and stored logs from falled trees that have been cleared. Typically these logs are taked to a landfill or left to rot or are ground to...

I am looking for the "New Materials Spreadsheet" that was announced today, and is supposed to be available for download under the "Credit Resource Upload Utility section of LEED Online." But so...