Mastering the LEED v4 MR Credits for Product Manufacturers Sourcing of Raw Materials Credit
Webinar #1 – April 9th, 2015
Setting the scene
USGBC Announces Extension of LEED 2009 • Original date for LEED 2009 registration to close was June 27, 2015 • Now extended to October 2016 Gives LEED users more time to prepare for LEED v4 • New Materials and Resources (MR) Credits • No longer about single attributes • Focus on transparency and reporting 500 LEED v4 registered projects to date
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• Search, Find and Evaluate Building Products • Collaborate with – Building Product Manufacturers – Your firm – The entire project team
• Management, documentation and archival of product information
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Build on our solid Data Foundation Services and Software Applications
Global Industrial Sustainability Database
Global industrial processes network > 13,000 processes
Inventories: Materials Substances Costs Environment Social data…
Life cycle and Value chain stages > 15,000 models
Schemas & Impacts (e.g. RoHs, CDP, GRI, CML, EPD, etc.) > 550 schemes
Benchmark library >15,000 data sets
Best Practice Library > 100,000 due diligence recommenddations
Data Foundation
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Sourcing of Raw Materials Credit Intent
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Credit Intent Building product disclosure and optimization – sourcing of raw materials
Encourage the use of responsibly sourced and extracted materials through reporting and demonstration of responsible extraction practices.
Encourage reduced use of raw materials by selecting reused and recycled materials.
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Sourcing of Raw Materials Required Documentation
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Step-by-Step Guidance Option 1. Raw Material Source and Extraction Reporting (1 point)
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Option 2. Leadership Extraction Practices (1 point)
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Option 1. Raw Material Source and Extraction Reporting Specify and select compliant products Specify products from manufacturers that can provide reports of raw materials from their suppliers.
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Option 1. Raw Material Source and Extraction Reporting To meet the credit requirements, reports must include information on the following: Raw material supplier extraction locations Commitment to long-term ecologically responsible land use Commitment to reducing environmental harms from extraction and manufacturing processes
Commitment to meeting voluntary standards or programs that address responsible sourcing
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Option 1. Documentation Corporate sustainability reports • Third-party verified reports (also called externally assured reports) are counted at full value for credit compliance • Self-declared reports are counted at half value.
Equation 1. Number of products with raw material extraction reporting
Total # of products
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# of products with manufacturerdeclared reports
×
0.5
+
# of products with 3rd party verified reports
×
1
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Option 2. Leadership Extraction Practices For 25% of permanently installed products, by cost, use products that meet at least one of the following responsible extraction criteria: Criterion
Valuation Factor
Extended producer responsibility
0.5
Bio-based materials • Wood: FSC-certified • Non-wood: meets Sustainable Agriculture Standard
1.0 1.0
Reused materials (salvaged, refurbished)
1.0
Recycled content • Post-consumer recycled materials • Pre-consumer recycled materials
1.0 0.5
Equation 2. Percentage of responsibly sourced products Applicable product cost 1 % of materials cost
Criterion valuation factor
Location valuation factor
+
Applicable product cost 2
=
Criterion valuation factor
Location valuation factor
+… × 100
Cost of all permanently installed products
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Location Valuation Factor Location Valuation Factor [formerly MR Credit Regional Materials] •
Double value for materials sourced within 100 miles of the project site
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Structural and enclosure materials – not more than 30% of the value of compliant building products
Changes from LEED 2009 •
The 500-mile (805-km) radius requirement was decreased to 100 miles (160 km)
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All extraction, manufacture, and purchase (including distribution) of the product and its materials must occur within that radius
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Summary Category: Credit group: Credit name: Approach: Focus:
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Materials and Resources Building product disclosure and optimization (BPDO) Sourcing of raw materials Life cycle thinking Transparency and reporting throughout the supply chain
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Thank you for your attention! Questions?
Brent Trenga
[email protected] Heather Gadonniex
[email protected] Sophia Wong
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