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CS-2009 MRc4:Recycled Content

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Sara Neff
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Kilroy Realty Corporation
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Hello, I have a question about construction costs to calculate the recycled content value of my LEED project. The project scope involves both an office building, which we are LEED certifying, and a parking garage, which will not be certified but will be used to calculate credits like Heat Island-Nonroof. Do the costs associated with the work in the parking garage count toward the total amount of the construction costs, or can those be excluded?

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Tristan Roberts
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Fri, 04/22/2011 - 00:54

Sara, is the parking garage within the LEED boundary? It sounds like it is, and it sounds like it will be part of the LEED-certified project. I would include it in materials costs.

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