Our project site is well within the 500 mile radius of the Intergalactic Carpet Capital, Dalton, GA, so I'm pretty sure our carpet complies on the manufacturing criteria. But what about point of extraction/harvest? Aren't synthetic fibers the result of a chemically processed material? Would the point of extraction/harvest be the chemical plant that makes the material that the fiber is "spun" from or would it be where the chemical components that make up the material are extracted or mined?
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11477 thumbs up
February 10, 2010 - 9:23 am
Kim, the "extraction/harvest" point for a petrochemical product like carpet fiber is the place where the petroleum or natural gas was pumped out of the ground.
The chemical plant making the chemical precursor is part of the manufacturing chain.
Any of the Dalton carpet companies worth their salt relative to LEED should be able to provide a breakdown of this data for you to use for your project calculations.
Stella Hodgkins
Corporate Citizenship ManagerGE Johnson Holding Co
February 5, 2013 - 11:22 am
Tristan - Would you then need to report the manufacturing distances of each component that makes the final product?
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11477 thumbs up
March 20, 2013 - 7:20 pm
Stella, that depends on which credit option you are following, and how much detail you want to go into on the LEED Online form. It's a simple question, but not a simple answer—sorry!