| Credit 2.1 to 2.5 |
Optimize Use of Alternative Materials |
| Intent |
Reduce the environmental impacts of the materials acquired for use in the operations, maintenance, and upgrades of buildings |
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| Requirement |
Maintain a sustainable purchasing program covering at least office paper, office equipment, furniture, furnishings and building materials for use in the building and on the site. A template calculator will be provided for LEED-EB MR Credit 2.1 to 2.5. One point (up to a maximum of five) will be awarded for each 10% of total purchases over the performance period (on a dollar basis) that achieve at least one of the following sustainability criteria: A) Contains at least 70% salvaged material from off site or outside the organization. B) Contains at least 70% salvaged from on site through an internal organization materials & equipment reuse program. C) Contains at least 10% post-consumer or 20% post-industrial material. D) Contains at least 50% rapidly renewable materials. E) Is Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified wood. F) Contains at least 50% materials harvested and processed or extracted and processed within 500 miles of the project. |
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| Siemens Solution Description |
Siemens Building Technologies solutions do not impact this prereq/credit category |
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