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NC-2009 MRc3:Materials Reuse

Cost to be Excluded in the total proj material costs for MR CR3

I just want to inquire if we will include HVAC equipment, PV arrays, Solar hotwater collectors, generator, fire alarm control panels, etc. in our overall project materials costs when calculating percentages of reused or recycled material used

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Wed, 09/21/2011 - 16:29

Benchito, I believe the answer is no, you should not include those in your overall project materials costs. For this credit, the reference manual instructs: "do not include mechanical, electrical, and plumbing components or appliances and equipment in the calculation for this credit." It also says to calculate the total project materials costs using CSI MasterFromat divisions 03-10, parts of 31 & 32, and 12 optionally. The equipment you list would most likely fall in CSI divisions 21-28, which are excluded.

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