The credit language says,"For credit achievement calculation, products sourced (extracted, manufactured, purchased) within 100 miles (160 km) of the project site are valued at 200% of their base contributing cost." Does this mean extracted AND manufactured AND purchased within 100 miles as in v2009 NC OR extracted OR manufactured or purchased within 100 miles as in v2009 CI? I assume the former, but does anyone know for sure?

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Paula Melton

Editorial Director

BuildingGreen, Inc.

LEEDuser Expert

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Thu, 02/16/2017 - 16:21

I am not 100% certain, but I think it's safe to assume it follows the rules of LEED 2009, and all three must be the case. But I think it's also the case that if part of the product has all three attributes (like OSB made from locally sourced wood but binder from another place), you get to count the locally sourced percentage.

Keith Robertson

President

Solterre Inc.

LEEDuser Premium Member

47 thumbs up

Thu, 02/16/2017 - 19:30

The v4 BPDO calculator has a simple yes/no question about the local material source: "Does the entire product meet local criteria?" And from the reference guide: "For a product to qualify for the location valuation factor, it must meet two conditions: all extraction, manufacture, and purchase (including distribution) of the product and its materials must occur within that radius, AND the product (or portion of an assembled product) must meet at least one of the sustainable criteria (e.g., FSC certification, recycled content)

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