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Our EPD's are created based on our manufactured interior wall assemblies. We picked a selected...

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I would like to ask if the same tiles are being used in the toilets and at the stairs as well then can we count it as 2 separate products or it has to be one product?

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In the ref guide (p.514), it states that as part of Industry Wide EPD "the manufacturer is explicitly recognized as a participant by the program operator." However, this is the...

Is the threshold for exemplary performance for a CS project 20 EPDs? I assume that both the 1 pt threshold reduction logic (from 20 to 10) applies to the exemplary performance threshold (40 to 20...

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I have some questions regarding Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Environmental Product Declarations.

1. Credit requirements refers to “at...

We work with architects and contractors to prepare their LEED documentation and our projects require a separate LEED submittal process from Contractor to AOR.  On the contractor side, we are...

Hi all. I know that EPDs have an expiration date listed on them, but I think I have heard of a rule that as long as the product the EPD is for is purchased within the year of expiration, it...

I am pursuing Option 1. The credit says: "20 different permanently installed products." Would appliances count?

Quoted from the 4.1 Beta:

Option 2. Multi-Attribute Optimization (1 point)
Use products that comply with one of the criteria below for 10%, by cost, of the total value of
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I haven't seen a clear and definitive answer on this for NC-v4 MRc2, but LEED v4 does have 'not expired' requirements for EPDs in other sections (see here "Europe ACP: Option 4 Whole Building Life-Cycle Assessment"  https://www.usgbc.org/credits/new-construction-schools-new-construction-retail-new-construction-data-centers-new-construct) There is also at least one person going under the presumption that the EPD has to be valid when it is purchased and produced (https://leeduser.buildinggreen.com/forum/epd-expiration-date), but not necessarily when its installed. However,...