See all forum discussions about NC-v4 MRc1
 Subscribe to new posts about NC-v4 MRc1 Post a new question aboutNC-v4 MRc1
See LEEDuser’s guidance on NC-v4 MRc1»
FAQs about MRc1 :

For Whole-Building LCA, how do you choose the baseline building?

Is it possible to pursue the Whole-Building Life-Cycle Assessment option late in design?

What is the difference between LCA and LCCA? Our clients often ask for LCA when they really want Life-Cycle Cost Analysis.

My project is a historic building, but there’s no local historic registry. Am I still eligible for Option 1?

How do I account for additional life-cycle impact reductions if my building is designed to last for more than 60 years?

How does the LCA consider operating energy? Isn’t that going to be the biggest source of environmental impacts?

View answers »

Forum discussion

NC-v4 MRc1:Building life-cycle impact reduction

Including racks in the assessment

According to Option 4: can I include in the assessment metal racks in a warehouse? Obviously, they are not a part of construction of the building, but because of its large quantity it seems reasnoable to iclude their impact. 

0
Post a reply

You rely on LEEDuser. Can we rely on you?

LEEDuser is supported by our premium members, not by advertisers.

Go premium for $15.95  »

Default Avatar
J Schütz
M.Sc.
LCEE Life Cycle Engineering Experts GmbH
LEEDuser Basic Member
20 thumbs up

Tue, 12/22/2020 - 13:13

Hi Agnieszka, according to the v4 Step-by-step-Guidance "additional building elements, such as interior nonstructural walls or finishes, may be included", so I think you probably could include them, but do not need to. If you do, you would increase the absolute environmental impacts of your baseline and your proposed building. As I understand it, the design decisions would then have to reduce the absolute environmental impacts more in order to achieve the required relative reductions. So, from an environmental perspective it´s reasonable to include them, for achieving the credit maybe not.

Tue, 12/29/2020 - 07:36

Thank you for your reply, the client asked if they could iclude them, so my answer will be yes.

Add new comment

To post a comment, you need to register for a LEEDuser Basic membership (free) or login to your existing profile.