1. Under Further Explanation, Calculations, Equation 2, move location valuation factor definition under product cost and add location valuation factor definition as Location valuation factor = multiplier for the extraction, manufacture, and purchase location (see MR Overview, Location Valuation Factor). Note: no single product may contribute more than 200% of cost.
2. Delete description under program valuation factor through Notes on Calculations.
3. Replace header Material Ingredient Reporting with Option 1, Material Ingredient Reporting, Additional Guidance for Manufacturers, and replace Manufacturer's Inventory with "Manufacturers: Refer to LEED v4 reference guide for this section with the following modifications and additions:"
a. Under
C2C program guidance, replace the second paragraph with the following standard update: The credit requirements for v4.1 are aligned with the latest version of the
C2C standard v3 and v3.1 and
C2C v2.1.1 is no longer applicable.
b. Under Declare and Living Product Challenge program guidance, revise bulleted list to read as:
There are three kinds of Declare labels:
• “Red List Free,” also known as “LBC Red List Free”
• “LBC Compliant,” also known as “LBC Red List Approved”
• “Declared”
Add "Red List Free" and" LBC Red List Approved" to paragraph under bulleted list.
c. Under Global GreenTAG program, remove International from the title and replace the first paragraph with the following:
Global GreenTAG provides a variety of product certifications in North America and over 70 countries worldwide. Global GreenTAG’s Product Health Declaration (PHD) label provides disclosure of contents, provides an evaluation of material ingredients, includes a list of banned ingredients, and provides evaluation of potential exposure and risks over the lifecycle stages of a product. PHD labels published after January 1, 2020 have a disclosure reporting format that is compliant with credit Option 1. Compliant PHD labels are worth 100% by cost, or 1 product, under Option 1.
d. Under Health Product Declaration Standard, replace the description as follows:
Health Product Declaration Open Standard
Follow LEED v4 reference guide for this section with the following modifications and additions:
HPDs can now be generated via the HPD online builder available on the HPDC website. While third-party verification of HPDs is not required in LEED, HPDs that are content verified by a valid third party process are valued at 1.5 products. The third party verification status of HPDs can be confirmed on the summary page of a published HPD.
Qualifying HPDs developed under the Open Standard version 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 or subsequent versions of the standard are eligible for documenting credit achievement if the HPD is still valid at the time that the product is purchased and used on a project. Version 1.0 HPDs are currently expired in the marketplace and will not contribute to this LEED v4.1 credit unless compliant products were purchased during the time the HPD was valid.
Manufacturer Inventory
Follow LEED v4 reference guide for this section with following modifications:
If the specific ingredient cannot be disclosed for proprietary reasons, the manufacturer may withhold the name and CASRN or EC number but still provide ingredient role/function in product, amount as a percent of total product content (or ppm), and hazard score/class using Green Screen (GS) List Translator, GS Benchmark, or Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for Classification and Labeling of Chemicals v2015. Report hazard levels and hazard endpoints that result in scoring the ingredient as Benchmark 1 using full Green Screen. It is not necessary to report hazards associated with higher Benchmark levels or LT-UNK (Unknown) using GS List Translator.
For reporting of proprietary ingredients in a manufacturer inventory via GHS pathway (Global Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals Category rev. 6 or higher)
o The hazard screen must be applied to each trade secret ingredient and the inventory lists the hazard category for each of the health hazard included in Part 3 of GHS (e.g. “GHS Category 2 Carcinogen”).
o Identify in the inventory all hazard classes for which a classification cannot be made because there is insufficient data for a particular endpoint (data gaps):
For a product manufacturer, this is like GS-LT UNK per the GreenScreen LT pathway.
A GHS compliant manufacturer inventory will specify either a category hazard for the substance or state there is insufficient data for the particular endpoint in a statement “insufficient data” next to the chemical.
In addition to the requirements above, compliant manufacturer inventories must follow the most recent version of the HPDC Open Standard for reporting, ingredient categorization, disclosure thresholds, displaying content ranges, hazards, and other special conditions.
4. Replace Material Ingredient Optimization header with Option 2, Material Ingredient Optimization, Additional Guidance for Manufacturers,
add the following language as a thrid paragraph under "Additional GreenScreen related Guidance..."
"In general, GreenScreen Benchmarks are defined for single chemicals and well-defined mixtures of ingredients, such as metal alloys. However, complex materials and those with unknown or variable composition are less suitable for being assigned a single GreenScreen Benchmark. Examples of such materials include
wood, stone, sand, aggregate, and mixed
recycled content materials. Building products using significant amounts of these materials may face challenges in screening against GreenScreen Benchmarks for these ingredients while seeking to satisfy the LEED credit requirements. The product certifications and declaration programs recognized in LEED for this credit have requirements for accommodating complex or variable composition materials. Where no such guidance exists, such as for the Manufacturer Inventory pathway, manufacturers shall use the HPDC Open Standard guidelines for Special Conditions when inventorying, screening and assessing these materials and substances in product reports and declarations.
5. In header Additional Guidance for Action Plan, remove 'pathway for manufacturers and project teams'
Add the following language under aforementioned header:
Project Teams: Compliant Material Ingredient Screening and Optimization Action Plans are standalone documents provided by manufacturers and valued at 50% of cost or ½ product for credit calculation purposes. Action plans are created after a manufacturer has inventories their product to 1000 ppm and have provided a publicly available inventory and detailed action plan for how the product plans to mitigate hazard flagged ingredients.
Guidance for Manufacturers Creating Material Ingredient Screening & Optimization Action Plan Reports:
A compliant Action Plan is developed by a manufacturer and based upon analysis from conducting a product inventory of ingredients. The manufacturer has inventoried the product to at least 1,000 ppm and has conducted a screening or assessment to determine ingredient hazard scores/classes within each product via any of the material ingredient reporting formats in credit Option 1. For the Acton Plan, the manufacturer has identified specific opportunities for improvement and has provided a detailed action plan to mitigate or reduce known hazards following the principles of green chemistry. The action plan is a publicly available report and must be product-specific (not company, manufacturer or brand), and include the required information below.
A compliant Action Plan is a standalone document that includes these elements:
Unique document ID number of the report
Product type
Product name(s) and/or product line(s) covered by the report
Date of creation of the action plan
Expiration date for the report (a maximum of 5 years from the date of creation)
Description of the inventory conducted including the dataset, software, and screening or assessment platform used by the manufacturer to complete the ingredient screening and analysis.
Provide a link to the underlying publicly available inventory meeting the requirements of Option 1, if not available in the action plan report.
A description of specific green chemistry principles targeted for implementation in the action plan. Include proposed changes in formulation or manufacturing processes that are planned as part of green chemistry optimization strategy.
A table or otherwise summary of the specific green chemistry principles targeted for implementation in the action plan, including specific dates and a timeline for completion of all the steps described in the action plan.
Contact information of the organizational representative responsible for implementation and success of the proposed action plan.
Include a written narrative describing the analysis of product ingredients and the action plan steps identified to address specific improvement areas. Specifically, the action plan narrative must include a descriptions of immediate and long-term actions that will be pursued to reduce hazards within the product and which principle(s) of green chemistry are being adopted by the organization (per ingredient) to make the changes within the 5 year timeframe.
o Examples of optimization strategies in an action plan include: identifying planned manufacturing or formulation changes; planned alternatives assessment; proposed changes in manufacturing processes; and describing how those changes are expected to achieve the end goal of safer chemistry for the product.
o The principles of green chemistry are those created by Paul Anastas and John Warner,
www.warnerbabcock.com/green-chemistry/the-12-principles
An action plan complete with all the requirements stated above earns 50% by cost or 0.5 product valuation.
A sample of a compliant Material Ingredient Action Plan is found in the Resources section of the online LEED credit library.
6. Under the header Additional Guidance- Material Ingredient Optimization Advanced Inventory and Assessment Pathway, delete 'for manufacturers and project teams' and replace the entire description under this new header as follows:
Project Team Members and Manufacturers: Compliant Advanced Inventory and Assessment reports are third-party verified standalone documents provided by manufacturers and valued at 100% of cost or 1 product for credit calculation purposes. The end use product has demonstrated a product inventory and assessment of ingredients using any of the following programs:
The following product certifications and reports are eligible:
Cradle to Cradle: Product has Material Health Certificate or is Cradle to Cradle Certified™ under standard version 3 or later with a Material Health achievement level at the Bronze level or higher, value at 100% by Cost or 1 Product.
Declare: Product has a Declare label that is third-party verified and “Red List Free” or “LBC Red List Free.”
Health Product Declaration: The product has demonstrated a chemical inventory to at least 0.01% by weight (100 ppm) with no GreenScreen LT-1 hazards or GHS Category 1 hazards. The HPD must be third party verified.
Health Product Declaration: The product has demonstrated a chemical inventory to at least 0.01% by weight (100ppm) and at least 75% by weight of product is assessed using GreenScreen Benchmark assessment and/or is inventoried using applicable HPDC Special Conditions reporting requirements. The remaining 25% by weight of product has been inventoried. The GreenScreen assessment must be publicly available. The HPD must be third-party verified.
Living Product Challenge. Living Product Challenge certified products that include a “Red List Free” or “LBC Red List Free” Declare label.
Manufacturer Inventory: The product has demonstrated a chemical inventory to at least 0.01% by weight (100 ppm) with no GreenScreen LT-1 hazards or GHS Category 1 hazards. The manufacturer inventory must be third party verified.
Manufacturer Inventory: The product has demonstrated a chemical inventory to at least 0.01% by weight (100ppm) and at least 75% by weight of product is assessed using GreenScreen Benchmark assessment. The remaining 25% by weight of product has been inventoried. The GreenScreen assessment must be publicly available. The manufacturer inventory must be third-party verified.
Guidance for Manufacturers pursuing the Advanced Inventory and Assessment Pathway
To be eligible for showing an advanced inventory and assessment, a manufacturer has conducted a compliant inventory and/or assessment and published a document that satisfies the criteria below. All of the reports must be verified by an approved third-party verifier/assessor meeting the third-party verification requirements in section “Third-Party Verification Program Requirements for Material Ingredient Reporting and Optimization.”
Cradle to Cradle Bronze Certification or Material Health Certificate at a Bronze level
o Product has Material Health Certificate or is Cradle to Cradle Certified™ under standard version 3 or later with a Material Health achievement level at the Bronze level. Cradle to Cradle product certificates meet the third-party verification criteria.
Declare: Third-party verified “Red List Free” or “LBC Red List Free” Declare labels or Living Product Challenge labels.
o The Declare label must indicate third-party verification.
Health Product Declaration or Manufacturer Inventory (with no GreenScreen List Translator-1 hazards):"
Add the following bullet to both of the Health Product Declaration headers:
o In addition to the requirements above, compliant manufacturer inventories must follow the most recent version of the HPDC Open Standard for reporting, ingredient categorization, disclosure thresholds, displaying content ranges, hazards, and other special conditions.
Add the following:
All compliant reports must also include:
Product name(s) and/or product line(s) covered by the report
Unique document ID number of the report
Expiration date for the report
Project Team Members and Manufacturers: Compliant Material Ingredient Optimization reports are third-party verified standalone documents provided by manufacturers and valued at 150% of cost or 1.5 products for credit calculation purposes. The end use product has demonstrated a product inventory and assessment of ingredients using any of the following programs:
Cradle to Cradle. Product is Cradle to Cradle v3 (or later) certified with Material Health category score of Silver or higher, or a Cradle to Cradle certified Material Health Certificate at Silver level or higher.
Health Product Declaration: The product has demonstrated a chemical inventory to at least 0.01% by weight (100ppm) and at least 95% by weight of product is assessed using GreenScreen Benchmark assessment and/or is inventoried using applicable HPDC Special Conditions reporting requirements. No Benchmark 1 hazards (BM-1) are present in the end use product. The remaining 5% by weight of product not assessed has been inventoried and screened using GreenScreen List Translator and no GreenScreen LT-1 hazards are present in the end use product. The documents must be third party verified.
Living Product Challenge. Products certified to the Living Product Challenge which includes achievement of Imperative 09: Transparent Material Health.
Manufacturer Inventory: The product has demonstrated a chemical inventory to at least 0.01% by weight (100ppm) and at least 95% by weight of product is assessed using GreenScreen Benchmark assessment. No Benchmark 1 hazards (BM-1) are present in the end use product. The remaining 5% by weight of product not assessed has been inventoried and screened using GreenScreen List Translator and no GreenScreen LT-1 hazards are present in the end use product. The documents must be third party verified.
Guidance for Manufacturers pursuing the Material Ingredient Optimization Pathway
To be eligible for showing a Material Ingredient Optimization, a manufacturer has conducted a compliant inventory and/or assessment and published a document that satisfies the criteria below. All of the reports must be verified by an approved third-party verifier/assessor meeting the third-party verification requirements in section “Third-Party Verification Program Requirements for Material Ingredient Reporting and Optimization.”
Cradle to Cradle Silver or higher Certification or Material Health Certificate at a Silver level
o Product has Material Health Certificate or is Cradle to Cradle Certified™ under standard version 3 or later with a Material Health achievement level at the Silver level.
Health Product Declaration or Manufacturer Inventory (with 95% by weight of product assessed)
o At least 95% by weight of the product to the 100ppm level for constituents must be assessed using the GreenScreen Benchmark methodology.
o Since this pathway requires full optimization in the form of major substitution or elimination of most hazardous chemicals in the product, the document will display that at least 95% by weight of the chemistry within the overall product has been assessed against full GreenScreen Benchmark Assessment methodology (with no BM-1 hazards in end use products) as opposed to just List Translator score hazards (LT-1, LT-P1, LT-UNK). The remaining 5% by weight of product not assessed has been inventoried and screened using GreenScreen List Translator and no GreenScreen LT-1 hazards are present in the end use product.
o GreenScreen assessments must be conducted via an approved GreenScreen Profiler and the Health Product Declaration or Manufacturer Inventory must be third-party verified.
In addition to the requirements above, compliant manufacturer inventories must follow the most recent version of the HPDC Open Standard for reporting, ingredient categorization, disclosure thresholds, displaying content ranges, hazards, and other special conditions. Living Product Challenge.
o Products certified to the Living Product Challenge which includes achievement of Imperative 09: Transparent Material Health.
All compliant reports must also include:
Product name(s) and/or product line(s) covered by the report
Unique document ID number of the report
Expiration date for the report
8. Under header International Tips – Material Ingredient Optimization (Option 2), add the following description:
Project Team Members and Manufacturers: Follow the LEED v4 Reference Guide for projects using the REACH Optimization ACP with the following additional guidance.
The following programs and documents are eligible for the international ACP. Products are valued at 100% of cost or 1 product.
• REACH Optimization. End use products and materials have fully inventoried chemical ingredients to 100 ppm and assessed each substance against the Authorization List – Annex XIV, the Restriction list – Annex XVII and the SVHC candidate list, proving that no such substance is included in the product. If the product contains no ingredients listed on the REACH Authorization, Restriction, and Candidate list.
• Global GreenTAG. Product has a certified Product Health Declaration (PHD) report.
Guidance for Manufacturers Providing Documentation for the International ACP:
-REACH Optimization: Manufacturers shall provide a REACH compliance document validating full inventory of product to 100 ppm level and assessment of all substances in end use product with no ingredients listed on any of three REACH lists.
Product has standalone documentation from manufacturer or supplier in form of signed letter showing a full inventory of ingredients for the product down to 100 ppm and an assessment of these ingredients against Authorization List, Restriction List and SVHC List, showing that no ingredients in end use product from any of the three lists.
-Global GreenTAG: Manufacturers have a certified Global GreenTAG Product Health Declaration (PHD) and the document is available publicly.
All compliant reports must also include:
Product name(s) and/or product line(s) covered by the report
Product type and product description
Unique document ID number of the report
Expiration date for the report
9. Under Required Documentation section for this credit, replace the existing description with the following:
Follow LEED v4 reference guide documentation requirements with the following modifications:
Option 1: use the LEED v4.1 MR building product calculator. For products that have been verified for LEED by
GBCI, include “Verified for LEED Documentation” ID numbers, or submit copies of product inventory documents in LEED Online for products contributing toward credit.
Option 2: use the LEED v4.1 MR building product calculator. For products that have been verified for LEED by
GBCI, include “Verified for LEED Documentation” ID numbers for products selected in the calculator, or copies of action plans and optimization reports in LEED Online for products contributing toward credit.
Option 3: Documentation requirements no longer applicable.
Note: All product reports must be valid at the time the product was purchased for the project.
