I recently got a review back that said that every material I am using to demonstrate compliance for Mrc5 is an assembly and "therefore, the individual components must be separated by weight." Since the contractor did the bulk of the material listing on the spreadsheet, I can agree that the items like asphalt and concrete should have been broken out in its components. However, I have other materials for compliance like: -drywall -metal studs -ceramic tile -rubber base -ceiling tile -ceiling grid -the casework components, which are broken out separately related to cost The review noted that it appears that "the point of final assembly is being used as the manufacturing location." They also site an addenda from 2010 for the credit that says something a little different. The review is asking me to report all of it by weight now instead. First, I do understand that we are beholden to any addenda published, however, we have reported items like ceiling tile and grid this way since 2010 and have never been asked to report it by components and weight instead. I reported each individual component of the cabinet and used the casework shop at the point of final manufacture, which is where all of the pieces were put together to make that final product (the cabinet). The easy answer is that each of these items be changed to where that particular piece be manufactured instead, but why or how would they want me to break it down further? I guess I am not understanding how to accomplish this for all of the MRc5 materials. Thanks for any help.
Environmental Stewardship Manager
Tarkett North America
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