The June 2001 Reference Guide and previous CIRs state that only built-in furniture may be included in LEED credit calculations. On October 10, 2002, the LEED Steering Committee upheld and expanded upon an earlier decision to overturn previous guidance and allow non-permanent furniture to be included in LEED for New Construction v2.0 and v2.1 calculations, BUT ONLY if furniture is included in the project\'s scope of work. Furniture must then be included in all relevant credit calculations or none at all. The relevant credits, as determined by the Committee, are Materials & Resources credits 3 through 7. A common sense approach must be taken when deciding what to include as furniture. LEED certification reviews will ensure that project teams are reasonable with what they choose to include and will not skew the results and conflict with the intent of LEED. Office systems and furniture are expected to be the more common and applicable products in the marketplace.Because of inherent complexities addressing furniture within the Indoor Environmental Quality category (particularly credits 3.2, 4.4, 8.1 and 8.2), the Committee voted NOT to have projects address the issue of furniture in any IEQ credits. However, since furniture can have an effect on indoor environmental quality, projects that include furniture in the scope of work are eligible to apply for an innovation credit based on LEED for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI) IEQ credit 4.5, Low-Emitting Materials - Furniture.Please see LI 10149-10153 for clarifications. Applicable Internationally.