What should be done for a product that has numerous locations for extraction. For instance, my steel supplier has 47% regional materials, but the sources are from about a dozen different mills.

Remember when USGBC granted each project two free CIRs?

If someone else has not submitted a comment, I have more than I submitted (one per credit per person and cannot edit!) 1. suggests a noise range must be met.

LEEDuser has gotten word that USGBC has extende the third public comment period for LEED 2012 to March 27th. So, keep on commenting!

Has anyone else checked the math on the MR Construction Demolition Waste credit?

This week I have had two projects returned to me from the preliminary construction review with the same comment. I have never seen this comment before and am a little perplexed.

I corresponded with our audio designers (Fred/Richard) and here is a summary of their comments. Since I submitted my comment already, I was not able to add their thoughts to the public comment.

There appears to be four options worth a total of two points.

This credit is worth 2 points. According to the draft, you get 2 points for having two or more subsystems submetered, however if you only have one subsystem submetered, you get 0 points.

According to the draft, it appears that the commissioning investigation credit now requires both a Level II Audit and commissioning, as opposed to one or the other like the previous version.