Hypothetical situations:
LEED EBOM for a furniture manufacturer:
Paper towels for the bathrooms are "ongoing consumables".
Tack cloths (similar to paper towels) are for used for wiping down furniture pieces about to be coated with finish. They are part of the manufacturing process, not the building operation per se. Are they "ongoing consumables"? What about the wood purchased to make the furniture?
LEED EBOM for a cleaning chemical manufacturing company.
They have a lab where they prototype new products. Are the raw materials for the prototypes to be counted in calculating % of green materials? These materials are regularly used (to make products) and replaced and are not necessarily expensive, but they are not a part of the operation of the building itself.
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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January 20, 2011 - 11:35 pm
Kevin, see the example in the discussion above about an aquarium.Also, this discussion on purchases made within the building but not for the building.Keep in mind that these credits are intended to be fairly inclusive—food for example is not about the "operation" of a building but has a lot to do with the impact of its activities.With your examples, I would count the tack cloths and lab materials but not the wood purchases.