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Tenant/Owner Do Not Purchase Food for Occupants...So I Did.

EBOM-2009 MRc5: Sustainable purchasing - food
posted by Michelle Bracewell-Musson on May 4, 2013, 10:02 pm

I have wriiten verification the Tenant (State Office) and Owner do not make food purchases (none for tea/coffee either), therefore, I bought my own UDA Certified Organic and had a the LEED...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, May 12, 2013, 2:11 pm

Food sustainable purchase- Compliance demonstration

EBOM-2009 MRc5: Sustainable purchasing - food
posted by H.K.C.B. Heendeniya on May 11, 2013, 12:48 am

I have a small question regarding assessing compliance of sustainable food purchase. Suppose we have a fully locally made food (Ex. Ice cream) coming in a plastic container that is either...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, May 12, 2013, 2:09 pm

Locally produced foods

EBOM-2009 MRc5: Sustainable purchasing - food
posted by Tiffany Moore on Feb 13, 2013, 4:19 pm

I have two examples of foods that meet the intent of this credit, but don't fit fully into the 100 mile limit. I'd be interested to know if anyone has an opinion or experience with this type of...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Mar 22, 2013, 1:57 pm

Excluding Tenants

EBOM-2009 MRc5: Sustainable purchasing - food
posted by Nelina Loiselle on Feb 27, 2013, 1:45 pm

I understand you can excluded up to tenant spaces up to 10% of the square footage of the building. However, our tenant spaces is slightly higher then 10%. We don't have control over tenant...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Mar 22, 2013, 1:56 pm

updated spreadsheet

EBOM-2009 MRc5: Sustainable purchasing - food
posted by Tristan Roberts on Sep 17, 2012, 12:29 pm

LEEDuser has updated the Sustainable Food Purchases Tracking Sheet in our Doc Toolkit. (see above)
The spreadsheet now gives weighted (double) credit for purchases that meet more than one...

Last reply: Tiffany Moore, Mar 7, 2013, 7:47 pm

Sustainable Food policy

EBOM-2009 MRc5: Sustainable purchasing - food
posted by Lee Ann Walling, LEED AP ND on Feb 19, 2013, 2:36 pm

Trista Brown Project Director WSP USA LEEDuser Basic Member 449 thumbs up February 21, 2013- 9:27 pm Hi Lee Ann, There's no minimum amount of food purchasing required to be eligible for this credit. I think I just answered the second part of your question in the MRp1 forum (you can include MRc5 criteria in the MRp1 policy at your discretion- but its recommended). Trista Log in or register to post comments ...

Last reply: Trista Brown, Feb 21, 2013, 9:27 pm

Sustainable Food Calculations

EBOM-2009 MRc5: Sustainable purchasing - food
posted by Andy Rhoades on Sep 7, 2011, 2:31 pm

Our project does not include any restaurants within the scope of the LEED project boundary, so we are looking to include all catering purchases made by each company, not individuals (our office...

Last reply: Tiffany Moore, Feb 13, 2013, 4:06 pm

Would Bottled Water count toward the sustainable food credit?

EBOM-2009 MRc5: Sustainable purchasing - food
posted by Cara Koepf on Jan 2, 2013, 4:52 pm

Our project is a state office building and the only purchased food is bottled water. There is also the food ordered for employee annual recognition ceremony. Can we use the bottled water that...

Last reply: Trista Brown, Jan 4, 2013, 2:02 pm

2 questions- first pet food, then people

EBOM-2009 MRc5: Sustainable purchasing - food
posted by Aron Weis on Jul 23, 2012, 1:58 pm

1) There is a kennel on-site. Does this credit apply only to sustainable human food purchases or can we include sustainable dog food?

2) No food services on-site. Do we track individual...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Sep 3, 2012, 6:30 pm

USDA Organic Seeds

EBOM-2009 MRc5: Sustainable purchasing - food
posted by David Tompos on Mar 21, 2012, 12:11 pm

The company I work for is in the process of applying for certification, and I have a question regarding whether Organic seeds may be counted towards the sustainable purchases: food, credit. The...

Last reply: Jenny Carney, Mar 21, 2012, 3:56 pm