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The credit language says we need to track paper (printing or copy paper, notebooks, notepads, envelopes), toner cartridges, binders, batteries and desk accessories. Is that everything we have to track for this credit?

We purchased hundreds of ongoing consumables items during our performance period. Do we have to enter each discrete purchase into the LEED Online credit form?

Our organization has a centralized purchasing program that buys products for several buildings, including the one pursuing LEED-EBOM certification. It’s difficult to track which ongoing consumable goods purchases are used in the EBOM building versus the

Purchasing for our organization takes place in the EBOM project building, but not all ongoing consumable goods that are purchased end up being used there. Should we include all of the purchases in MRc1?

We have multiple tenants in our building, some of which are nonresponsive to requests for purchasing records. Can we exclude their purchases?

Does a signed letter from a product manufacturer that states the sustainability criteria met by a particular product count as acceptable LEED documentation?

Do manufacturer claims about the average recycled content, etc. in all its products count as acceptable LEED documentation? For example, a toner cartridge website says that the average post-consumer recycled content is 90% across all its toner products.

Lots of products we purchase seem like they could be tracked in two different purchasing credits. For example, toilet tissue seem like an ongoing consumable since it’s replaced frequently at a low cost per unit (MRc1), but it’s also used for our green

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EBOM-2009 MRc1:Sustainable Purchasing—Ongoing Consumables

FSC Chain of Custody certification

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Bahareh van Boekhold
Energy and Sustainability Planner
Delaware Division of Energy and Climate
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We are pursuing the LEED EB O&M certification of our main campus and the paper product we purchase from Office Max is FSC Chain of Custody certified. LEED considers a purchase sustainable if it consists of at least 50% FSC certified paper products. Does the FSC Chain of Custody certification for paper products require minimum % from FSC sources? How can I verify if the paper gets the LEED credit for 50% FSC certified paper products? Thanks, Bahareh

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Tristan Roberts
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Vermont House of Representatives
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Fri, 12/20/2013 - 18:04

Bahareh, the FSC Chain of Custody certification ensures that any FSC content in a paper or timber product is segregated from non-certified content throughout the production process, so that an FSC content label on the finished product is accurate.If a paper product provides FSC CoC information, but no mention of FSC content, that it may simply be part of a producer's program, but not have any FSC content, and thus not contribute to this credit.
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Rachel Yocum
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State of Delaware
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Fri, 01/31/2014 - 21:26

If I am understanding this correctly, it is the FSC content % that is the important variable for achieving this credit - the COC would be less important. However, are they both required for paper purchases? For example, if we have the FSC content % but no COC, are we not eligible to take the credit?

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