See Techinical advice from USGBC. I am not clear on how to document this as evrything I list in the spread sheet impacts other credits.
COMMENT: Several products include a value less than 100 in the % Reg data field. This appears to be an attempt to document an assembly when only a portion of the raw materials have been extracted regionally. Products in question include: Versa Bond Thin Set Mortar, Poly Blend Grout and Caulk, Certain Teed Insulation, Oldcastle Concrete Pavers, M and S Machine Stainless Steel Benches, and Shaw Carpets.
TECHNICAL ADVICE:
Revise the Form as necessary to ensure that assemblies have been documented correctly. If some, but not all the raw materials were extracted regionally, then the product is considered to be an assembly and documenting#credit compliance must be accomplished using two lines on the form.; The sum of the cost between the two lines must equal the total cost of the product. One line will include the percentage of the cost that was both manufactured and extracted regionally. The other line will include the percentage of the cost that was only manufactured regionally. The applicable percentage will be indicated in the % Reg data field for each line.
This is the vendor letter for this product:
The CBP product VersaBond- Gray for the above referenced project has 20% post
consumer recycled content and 0% pre-consumer content. (LEED Credit MR4)
This product is manufactured in Lithia Springs, GA which is approximately 203 miles from the project. (LEED Credit MR5 - Extract I Process I Manufacture within 500 miles from the project).
The following table outlines the raw materials that make up this product that are extracted within 500 miles of the project.
Raw Material
Within 500 Miles from Project Percentage of Product
Extracted Regionally
Portland Cement Yes 35%
Sand Yes 45%
Total % within 500 miles 80%
The VOC content ofVersaBond is 0 g/L which complies with Rule 1168 of Californi a's South Coast Air Quality Management District's Volatile Organic Compmmds (VOC) limits, which are the mandatory requirements set by U.S. Green Building Council 's LEED program's Indoor Environmental Quality category, IEQ 4.1.
Emily Catacchio
Sustainability SpecialistWight and Company
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July 5, 2012 - 2:15 pm
Mark,I'm not completely sure what you're asking... but I'll take a shot anyway.I would list the VersaBond product as one product, not an assembly and fill in the recycled content as 20% and the regional materials content as 80%. (Although I'm a bit confused about the "table" listed as 35% and 45%, then total 80%. I assume that those numbers do not mean that the portland cement has 35% recycled content, but rather that whatever the recycling content percentage is, portland cement makes up 35% of it.)