Hi everyone, I was wondering what the difference is between the "Total Materials Cost" and "Total Value of Sustainable Materials Costs (unweighted)" in the BPDO calculator? The latter seems to be a total value count of all of our permanently installed products that LEED requires us to enter (Div 3-10, 32, etc). In the Instructions BD+C tab, it defines Actual Cost as "this is the total cost of all materials used on site, excluding labor but including delivery and taxes." Does this mean these two totals will be the same? If not, what is the difference between them? Thanks in advance!
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Tommy Linstroth
CEOGreen Badger
LEEDuser Expert
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June 30, 2021 - 6:12 pm
Chloe
Total materials cost is everything Div 3-10 on your project - whether it contributes towards earning a credit or not. Total Value of Sust Materials is the sum of contributing dollar value. For example, if you have $100 of steel that is 50% post-consumer, $50 is the Sust material value, and the sum of all the contributing values is the total value of sustainable materials - which must be greater than 15% of the Total Materials cost to earn 1 point for sourcing of raw materials
Chloe Naese
AssociateKath Williams + Associates
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July 1, 2021 - 4:07 pm
Hi Tommy, thanks for the reply. On the "Materials" tab in the v4.1 calculator, it appears as though the "Total Value of Sustainable Materials Costs (unweighted)" row is just a tally of the total cost of the products, regardless if they are contributing to the SRM credit or not (as opposed to the "total sustainable criteria value of products fufilling responsible sourcing of raw materials credit" seen on the "Summary" tab, which is weighted) So I guess I'm wondering why this is called "sustainable materials costs" if it's really the total of all of our documented products, including the non-"sustainable" products, and how this differs from the "actual materials cost." Wording always gets me!
Eric Bautista
Head of Energy & Environmental ManagementEB Project Management | Green Building Consultants
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April 7, 2023 - 12:03 am
I think they will require to have +/-10% difference between the Total Materials Cost and Total Value of Sustainable Material Costs (unweighted). If these values are very far away with each other, GBCI will advise to review the materials entries.