You must use the actual value of all furniture purchased (both meeting sustainable criteria and not meeting them). The default 45% materials budget option that is available for other rating systems is not available for LEED-CI projects.

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You must use the actual value of all furniture purchased (both meeting sustainable criteria and not meeting them). The default 45% materials budget option that is available for other rating systems is not available for LEED-CI projects.

Your baseline furniture budget assumptions should be consistent across MRc3–7. The LEED Online credit form helps ensure this, as you only enter the information once for multiple MR credits.

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Your baseline furniture budget assumptions should be consistent across MRc3–7. The LEED Online credit form helps ensure this, as you only enter the information once for multiple MR credits.

Begin creating a baseline furniture budget. Even if you don’t know the actual furniture costs, it will be helpful to establish estimates at this stage. You can use a spreadsheet to help create the baseline budget and keep track of the environmentally bene

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Begin creating a baseline furniture budget. Even if you don’t know the actual furniture costs, it will be helpful to establish estimates at this stage. You can use a spreadsheet to help create the baseline budget and keep track of the environmentally beneficial properties of each budget item. (See the Documentation Toolkit.)

While some salvaged materials—such as a reclaimed raised floor frame—may be hidden from the occupants’ view, other salvaged materials, such as reclaimed molding or wood flooring, can add historic character to a space. 

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While some salvaged materials—such as a reclaimed raised floor frame—may be hidden from the occupants’ view, other salvaged materials, such as reclaimed molding or wood flooring, can add historic character to a space. 

Management companies that install a good BAS can configure the system to bill tenants for actual energy usage, encouraging energy efficiency while improving the cost-effectiveness of the system.

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Management companies that install a good BAS can configure the system to bill tenants for actual energy usage, encouraging energy efficiency while improving the cost-effectiveness of the system.

A BAS can offer load-shedding to reduce utility costs at times of peak demand, when power companies offer financial incentives for commercial utility customers to cut back on power usage in order to prevent brown-outs.

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A BAS can offer load-shedding to reduce utility costs at times of peak demand, when power companies offer financial incentives for commercial utility customers to cut back on power usage in order to prevent brown-outs.

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