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CI-v4 EQc2:Low emitting materials

Substituting v4 with a v4.1 compliant approach

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Stacey Olson
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Is it possible to provide documentation in line with the v4.1 requirements for a LEEDv4 regsitered project? We're looking specifically at the Low Emitting Materials strategy, which is the same value of points.

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Christopher Davis
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Fri, 02/01/2019 - 19:31

Hi Stacy, Yes, all credits in v4.1 are allowed to be substituted in v4 projects, subject to some minor restrictions. Guidance on this can be found on pages 9=10 of the v4.1 Beta Guide: https://build.usgbc.org/bdc41betareq    
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Stacey Olson
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Fri, 02/01/2019 - 19:37

Much appreciated!
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DuWayne Baird
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Thu, 04/25/2019 - 00:21

My first reaction to reviewing the upgrade to v4.1 was that it seemed like a no-brainer.  The more CDPH v1.1-2010 documentation I hunt down makes me think finding CDPH 2017 documentation will be exponentially more difficult to gather.  The more I think about it, it seems like the trade off for dropping from 90% compliance to 75% is steeper than I would have thought on first glance, once you factor in whether you can actually document the newer standard.  I'm curious what others' thoughts are. Thanks!

Thu, 04/25/2019 - 00:29

Hi DuWayne, We wondered about that too. Though of course all products that get certification are on a recertification cycle and will eventually catch up. The USGBC has indicated to us that they will accept v1.1-2010 documentation for a v4.1 credit substitution at least while the program is in beta. So we are back to it's a no brainer for now.
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Thu, 04/25/2019 - 00:45

That's great info, thanks!  

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