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Accounting for Process *Materials*

EBOM-2009 MRc1: Sustainable purchasing - ongoing consumables
posted by Coleen Collins on Jan 12, 2011, 11:12 pm

Hypothetical situations:
LEED...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Jan 20, 2011, 11:35 pm

Purchases on a campus with 1 central office space

EBOM-2009 MRc1: Sustainable purchasing - ongoing consumables
posted by Jessica Jones on Dec 16, 2010, 1:15 pm

I am hoping that I can get some advice on the following scenario:

There is a campus of multi family residential housing buildings (say 5 for calculations sake), all owned by the same...

Last reply: Dan Ackerstein, Jan 11, 2011, 10:54 am

Rapid Renewable Material

EBOM-2009 MRc1: Sustainable purchasing - ongoing consumables
posted by Simon Sue on Nov 16, 2010, 1:53 am

If our purchased paper contain rapid renewable material, which the paper fiber was took from a trees which is harvest less than 10 years. will this consider as rapid renewable resources?
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Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Nov 17, 2010, 12:53 am

50% FSC

EBOM-2009 MRc1: Sustainable purchasing - ongoing consumables
posted by Simon Sue on Nov 3, 2010, 5:32 am

one of the requirement that project owner can approach is to purchase product consists of 50%...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Nov 12, 2010, 6:13 pm

SFI vs. FSC

EBOM-2009 MRc1: Sustainable purchasing - ongoing consumables
posted by Tim Trefzer on Oct 12, 2010, 10:50 am

I am aware that USGBC has been contemplating including SFI-certified products into certain credits as not to monopolize...

Last reply: Tristan Roberts, Oct 12, 2010, 10:55 am

Maintenance Paint

EBOM-2009 MRc1: Sustainable purchasing - ongoing consumables
posted by Lee Burns on Aug 18, 2010, 6:49 pm

I've been asked to document our mainenance paint purchases as GS-11. I can't seem to figure out where as I'm not convinced these are "ongoing consumables". We are not pursuing MR C1 anyway due to...

Last reply: Jason Franken, Aug 30, 2010, 10:57 am

Other things that may be excluded

EBOM-2009 MRc1: Sustainable purchasing - ongoing consumables
posted by Abena Darden on Jul 7, 2010, 5:22 pm

Following up on Wendy's question, we are working with a number of laboratory buildings and an aquarium. They purchase ongoing consumables such as chemical reagents, aquarium salts, and fish food...

Last reply: Dan Ackerstein, Jul 13, 2010, 12:09 pm

the grey area of sustainable purchases

EBOM-2009 MRc1: Sustainable purchasing - ongoing consumables
posted by Wendy Gibson on Jun 29, 2010, 2:55 pm

I have a few questions that cover both MRc1 and MRc2. (1) Do we need track and include in the credit calculations purchases that do not have a green alternatives? For instance, treadmills,...

Last reply: Wendy Gibson, Jul 1, 2010, 5:26 pm

LEED online Template and calculations

EBOM-2009 MRc1: Sustainable purchasing - ongoing consumables
posted by Wendy Gibson on Apr 14, 2010, 3:06 pm

Im having difficulty following the LEED online Templates calculations. Has anyone noticed inconsistencies? If I purchase 24 items for $4 each (total $104) that are 10% PCR the template tells me...

Last reply: Dan Ackerstein, Apr 15, 2010, 11:50 am

Toner Cartridges

EBOM-2009 MRc1: Sustainable purchasing - ongoing consumables
posted by Reynaldo Castro on Apr 14, 2010, 3:15 pm

Part of the same issues regarding toners. Would it be possible to off-set the % value of a product if it is recycled. Meaning, if we were to recycle all Toner Cartridges purchased, which are not...