Comments on: Materials and Resources 5.2 – Regional Materials – 20% Extracted, Processed & Manufactured Regionally

By: Nat

Nat — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:19:06 +0000

Whooooooopi, I passed my exam this morning. I did it before the “big change”. I was ecstatic, excited, nervous…hey pretty much a wreck but very, very, very happy. Thanks to “intheleed”. This website is a great source of information. It has a clear and straight forward breakdown of the requirements for each prereq. and credit. Keep up the great work.

By: theyearwas2081

theyearwas2081 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:35:02 +0000

Edred:
It would not. The Reference Guide expresses it most clearly in the “Approach and Implementation” Section. It says there that the material should be “extracted/harvested/recovered and manufactured….” So, both stages need to be local.

By: Edred

Edred — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:54:06 +0000

Hi Pat,

i have a question about the word “OR” in :

“Use materials that have been extracted, harvested, recovered OR manufactured within 500 miles of the site ”

Should it be “and/or”?
It makes a big difference.

If building material is HARVESTED 300 miles away, then MANUFACTURED 600 miles away from site, respectively, would it contribute to earning MR5?

By: Nat

Nat — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:56:24 +0000

Thank you Nick. I find that to be rather interesting. Memorize it is.

By: Nick D.

Nick D. — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:58:27 +0000

Nat,

This is a common question.

USGBC chose these exemplary thresholds and unfortunately they are not consistent. USGBC rationalizes it in this way: that it can be the next increment or a doubling of the value. There seems to be no pattern to follow, so you just have to memorize them.

By: Nat

Nat — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:56:45 +0000

For MR 4.1/4.2 Recycle Content, the next threshold or extra credit increment is said to be 30%. Why isn’t this the case for MR 5.1/5.2 Regional Materials? It listed the the next increment for extra credit is 40%. I thought it would be at 30% since the other two are a 10% & 20%. Please shed some light on this for me. Thank you.

By: Pat

Pat — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:07:53 +0000

Thanks David, I’ll check that out. Much appreciated, and Happy Thanksgiving!

By: David

David — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:48:46 +0000

Hi Pat,

I just want to bring a possible error to your attention. In your Walkthrough regarding Exemplary Performance for MR 5.1 and 5.2, it mentions having to achieve 40% of “recycled” content where I’m sure you meant to say “regional”.

Thanks for both your great website and Walkthrough.