Where would I find the information needed to calculate the recycled content of a finished product. If said product contains various types of wood products, glass, decorative metals, muti colored & muti brand plastic laminates, plus various types of hardware, solid surface materials of which contain different amounts of recycled content, from various manufacturers, and most distributing vendors that sell the products have never heard of LEED. There is also misc. components such as screws, Steel Brackets, shims, dowels adhesives, grommets some plastic some metal. What method of calculating should be used to determine the recycled content of the final finished product.
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February 17, 2015 - 5:22 pm
Esther - Do you have access to a LEED Reference Guide? In it on page 373, it gives an verbal example of how to calculate the recycled content value of a material assembly, which is done by weight. Basically (in addition to cost) you'll need the weight of the finished product, the weight of the recycled subcomponents, and the recycled content percentages (pre- and post-consumer) for the recycled components. Please check out the Recycled Content Calculator under Documentation Toolkit link above.
Esther Kohout
Kohout Woodwork, Inc12 thumbs up
February 18, 2015 - 1:44 pm
Thank You Michelle, I will dig into the LEED Reference guide.