Materials & Resources Flashcards

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Option Building Product Disclosures

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1-2 points
Options 1 & 2 follow 200% rule if working 10 miles
Options 2 & 3 can be combined for the 25% totals but cannot double count
Structural & enclosure items no more than 30%
Include furniture and furnishings

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Option 1: Material Ingredient Reporting

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1 Point
20 materials / 5 manufacturers
200% value if within 100 miles
Manufacturer Inventory
Health Product Declaration
Cradle to Cradle v2 Basic
C2C v3 Bronze
USGBC Approved Program
Declare
ANSI/BIFMA
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3
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Option 2: Material Ingredient Optimization

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25% by cost
1 point
200% value if within 100 miles

Cost * Location Value * Program Value

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4
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GreenScreen v1.2 Benchmark

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List Translator 100% Cost

List Full Assessment 150% Cost

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5
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Cradle to Cradle Certified

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v2 Gold 100% of cost
v2 Platinum 150% of cost
v3 Silver 100% of cost
v3 Gold & Platinum 150% of cost

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6
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Reach Optimization

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Contains no items listed, 100% of cost

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7
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USGBC Approved Program

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Comply with accepted products

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8
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Option 3: Product Manufacturing Supply Chain

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25% by cost
Valued at 100% of their value
- Validated health & safety & 99% of ingredients
- Independent Third Party Certification

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9
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Materials & Resources Section Points

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13 points

2 PR:
Storage & Collection of Recyclables
Construction & Demo Waste Mngmt

1/4/2/2/2
Long Commitment
Interiors LC impact reduction
EPDs
Sourcing Raw Materials
Materials Ingredients
Construction & Demo Waste Management
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10
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PR: Storages and Collection of Recyclables

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5 bins : mixed paper/cardboard/glass/plastics/metal

2 of the following:
Batteries/Mercury-containing lamps/Electronic Waste

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11
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Safe Collection

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2 of the following:
Batteries
Mercury-containing lamps
Electronic Waste

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12
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Retail Adaptations

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24 audit, pick top 4

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13
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PR: Construction & Demo Waste

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Develop Construction & Demo Waste Management Plan

  • 5 materials
  • Determine whether separated or Co-mingled
  • Report on disposal and diversion rates
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14
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Materials & Resources - Waste Management : Option 1 Diversion

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1-2 points

Path 1: 50% diversion, 3 materials
Path 2: 75% diversion, 4 materials

By weight or volume

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15
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Materials & Resources - Waste Management : Option 2 Max Waste

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No more than 2.5 lbs/ft2

Does not include: soil, land debris or alternative daily cover

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16
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Waste Diversion Calculation

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Waste Diverted / Total Waste x 100

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17
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Waste to Energy

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When diversión not available

18
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Materials Resources - Longterm Credit

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10 year lease

19
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Materials & Resources Credit - Interior LC Impact Reduction

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4 points

Option 1 : 2 points
Option 2 : 1 point
Option 3 : 1 point

20
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Materials & Resources Credit - Interior LC Impact Reduction : Option 1 Interior Resuse

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Reuse up to 50% of the surface area

  • Renovate and improve the interior
  • Breathe new life into disadvantaged areas
  • Reduce construction waste
21
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Materials & Resources Credit - Interior LC Impact Reduction : Option 2 Furniture Reused

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30% by cost

- Determined by cost

22
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Materials & Resources Credit - Interior LC Impact Reduction : Option 3 Design for Flexibility

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  • Accessible systems (50% floor area)
  • Movable / Demountable (50%)
  • Labelling (50% by cost)
  • Take-back system (1 major component)
  • Reusable/recyclable (50% by cost)
  • Flexible Power (50% by floor area)
  • Flexible Lighting (50% by load)
23
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Reuse Calculation

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(Surface Reused / (existing building surface area - hazardous surface area) ) x 100

  • Exclude building windows and doors
  • Exclude structural elements
24
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Materials & Resources : Option 1 Disclosure

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  • Determined by no. of products
  • Encourage manufacturers to disclose their materials
  • Passive MEP included
  • Defined by the function it serves
25
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Materials & Resources : Option 2 Optimization

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  • $ of products

- Must not be more than 30% of the value, but still included in total project costs

26
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Terminology

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LCA : measures environmental impacts, based on ISOs
EPD : comprehensive disclosure, Type III eco labels, ISOs
PCR : recipe and methodology
HPD : transparent disclosure of ingredients and hazards, mostly in US
GRO : corporate social responsibility requirements

27
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Materials & Resources : Option 1 Environmental Product Declarations

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1 point

  • Simplify the process of informing the product
  • Statement of fact on information
  • Identify ingredients
28
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Materials & Resources : Option 2 Multi-attribute optimization

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  • Select 3 out of 6
  • Specific products that reduce their impact beyond their impact compared to industry standard
  • 50% by cost
  • PCRs developed by ISO guidelines
  • LCA guided by the PCR
  • EPD is ultimately used and documentation that processes were followed
  • 200% of cost if within 100 miles
Global warming potential
Ozone depletion
Acidification of land + water
Eutrophication
Ozone formation
Depletion of non-renewables
29
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Product Category Rules (PCR)

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Standard which determines the rules required to ensure that the impacts are determined in the same way.

LCA - based on the PCR

EPD - summarizes the LCA

30
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Option 1 EPDs

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Just informs, does not say what is good

20 different products / 5 different manufacturers

1/4 product when EPDs aren’t available, but have a cradle to gate scope, aligned with ISO

1/2 product value EPD for the manufacturer group (ie. Gypsum board)

1 point for Type III EPD Product Specific

31
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M&R - Sourcing of Raw Materials

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Option 1 : Raw Material Source & Extraction Reporting 1 point

Option 2 : Leadership Extraction Practices 1 point

32
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Option 1 : Raw Material Source & Extraction Reporting

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  • 20 different products / 5 different manufacturers
  • Manufacturer programs
  • Third Party Validation
  • gRi sustainability report
  • oecd guidelines
  • UN global compact
  • ISO 26000
  • Other USGBC program
33
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Option 2 : Leadership Extraction Practices

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  • 25% by cost
  • SAN standard, sourced from 10 categories
  • FSC
  • Recycled Feedstock

EPR (extended producer responsibility) : take back program, valued at 50% of cost

34
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Bio-Based

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Valued at 100% of cost

  • cotton / wool / straw / soy / cork / sunflower
  • grown materials
35
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Recycled Content

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Post-consumer content + 1/2 pre-consumer content (based on cost)

36
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Reuse

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  • 100% of cost

- bricks/flooring/structures

37
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M&R Credit - Material Ingredients

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Supports manufacturers who disclose ingredients in their products
- 0.1% by weight

Option 1 : reporting

Option 2 : material optimization

Option 3 : supply chain

38
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Option 1

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20 products / 5 manufacturers

  • manufacturer inventory
  • hazard materials must be disclosed
  • health product declaration
  • hazard based format to give warnings
  • inventory + assessment
  • allows for apple to apple comparison
  • cradle to cradle
  • fully disclosed assessment
  • 3rd party
  • does not have to disclose all ingredients
39
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HPD vs EPD

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  • Product information, material ingredients

- environmental impact, includes emissions to environment and impact

40
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Option 2 : Optimization

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25% by cost

  • GreenScreen v1.2 Benchmark
  • Cradle to Cradle
  • REACH Optimization
41
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Option 3 : supply chain optimization

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  • 25% of cost

- by weight 99% ingredients reported

42
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Regional Materials

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100 miles give 200% by cost

- limit of raw materials can’t count towards more than 30% of the value of the product