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NC-2009 MRc6: Rapidly Renewable Materials
Our team has asked the question if both MRc6 and MRc7 can both be entered together for credits. The project has FSC certified wood throughout the project and for MRc6 the FSC Certified Wood materials are 2.7% of the materials budget which would qualify for 1-point. Concerning MRc7 the calculations shows 99.6% certified wood credits which earns 1-point. Does our building qualify for 2-points on these credits?
Thanks in Advance, Rich
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Nadav Malin
CEOBuildingGreen, Inc.
LEEDuser Moderator
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June 25, 2019 - 7:37 am
Hi Richard,
Please take a look at LEEDuser's Viewpoint on this credit (MRc6). You'll see that wood materials are excluded from contributing to the credit; they're not considered RAPIDLY renewable, just renewable. So that FSC wood just contributes to MRc7.
Nadav
Debra a. Lombard
Construction Administrator/ LEED APBywater Woodworks, Inc.
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June 25, 2019 - 10:17 am
I wanted to mention that I've read USGBC docs which mention some wood is considered rapidly renewable but would need documentation from harvester. ie. Aspen and Poplar. However on our project we found that the poplar growing cycle exceeded 10 years.
Richard Metts
CPC, LEED AP BD+CDurotech, Inc.
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June 26, 2019 - 11:16 am
Thank you Nadav, I appreciate your response thanks for taking time to answer the question.
My best regards,
Rich
Richard Metts
CPC, LEED AP BD+CDurotech, Inc.
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June 26, 2019 - 11:19 am
Thank you Debra, thanks for your response and taking time to answer our questions.
My best regards,
Rich
Debra a. Lombard
Construction Administrator/ LEED APBywater Woodworks, Inc.
47 thumbs up
June 26, 2019 - 11:49 am
I guess i should have also said some products could be both FSC certified (or % partially) AND rapidly renewable (or partial%) such as:
https://www.buildsite.com/pdf/tectum/Environmental-Marketing-Bulletin-M-81-Tectum-Products-and-LEED-761383.pdf
Whether or not Tectum's Aspen is considered "rapidly renewable" per LEED based on the statement on the doc at link above is not quite clear. I'd call mfgr for a confirmation of 10 yr harvest cycle.