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Optimize building product BD+C and CS

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Chantal Carius on May 18, 2024, 7:11 am

  • It is not clear how many products the project team will need for the option 1 or the option 2, the same table that ID+C has should be shown in this part.
  • The credit's requirements...

Construction and Demolition Waste Reduction

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Chantal Carius on May 18, 2024, 7:14 am

This credit should be attempting zero waste management in construction. Seems to me that this credit is less demanding than the prerequisite of Planning for Zero Waste Operations and shouldn't be...

Regional Materials

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Sarah B Gregg on May 17, 2024, 1:57 pm

Consider adding an option to reward the use of locally sourced materials. I understand previous variations of this type of credit have been quite difficult to achieve since most building...

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: CSC and structural building products

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Carsten Rieck on May 17, 2024, 10:40 am

The certification according to the Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC) should be considered in version 5. CSC aims to promote responsible sourcing and production of concrete, cement and...

Materials and Resourced | Optimized Building Products

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Michael Scharpf on May 16, 2024, 1:40 pm

The big difference to LEED v4 is that this credit only considers NON-STRUCTURAL building products in the optimization process.

Why have structural building products been excluded from the...

Materials and Resources | Optimized Building Products

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Michael Scharpf on May 16, 2024, 1:49 pm

Concrete Sustainability Council (CSC) responsible sourcing certification for concrete pertains to sustainable sourcing and manufacturing practices for concrete. It addresses similar...

Embodied Carbon Benchmarks

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Sarah Manuszak on May 13, 2024, 1:55 pm

I am pleased to see embodied carbon being addressed in LEED v5's Materials and Resources (MR) category. However, both the Assess Embodied Carbon prerequisite and the Reduce Embodied Carbon credit...

Last reply: Paul Sambanis, May 16, 2024, 5:00 am

BABA (Build America Buy America) + LEED

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Linnea Morgan on May 15, 2024, 10:46 am

How will federal funded buildings required to meet domestic content BABA requirements overlap with LEED? Has USGBC considered new compliance pathways for these projects meeting both BABA...

Expiration of product declarations

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Dave Hubka on May 6, 2024, 10:11 am

Please provide clear and consistent guidance with respect to the expiration of product declarations. 

My preference would be to allow certifications that were current when specified to...

Benchmark GWP of Concrete > 7200 psi (402)

LEED v5 BD+C/ID+C: Materials and Resources Public Comments
posted by Elaine Willis on Apr 17, 2024, 8:33 am

The Benchmark...

Last reply: Kai Starn, Apr 30, 2024, 11:58 am