Materials and Resources 6 - Rapidly Renewable Materials
February 12, 2008 – 7:37amIntent:
- Reduce use of “long cycle” and finite raw materials.
Implementation:
- Use rapidly renewable materials and products for 2.5% of total value of all building materials and products used (based on cost)
- harvested within a 10-year cycle or shorter
- consider:
- bamboo flooring
- wool
- cotton insulation
- cork flooring
- linoleum flooring
- wheat board cabinets
- straw board
- agrifiber
Code:
- none
Submittal Phase:
- construction
Extra Credit:
- use 5% instead of 2.5% for an extra point.
Other Materials & Resources Credits
- MR P1 - Storage and Collection of Recyclables (prerequisite)
- MR 1.1 - Building Reuse, Maintain 75% of Existing Walls, Floors, & Roof
- MR 1.2 - Building Reuse, Maintain 95% of Existing Walls, Floors & Roof
- MR 1.3 - Building Reuse, Maintain 50% of Interior Non-Structural Elements
- MR 2.1 - Construction Waste Management, Divert 50% from Disposal
- MR 2.2 - Construction Waste Management, Divert 75% from Disposal
- MR 3.1 - Materials Reuse, 5%
- MR 3.2 - Materials Reuse, 10%
- MR 4.1 - Recycled Content, 10% (post-consumer + 1/2 pre-consumer)
- MR 4.2- Recycled Content, 20% (post-consumer + 1/2 pre-consumer)
- MR 5.1 - Regional Materials, 10% Extracted, Processed & Manufactured Regionally
- MR 5.2 - Regional Materials, 20% Extracted, Processed & Manufactured Regionally
- MR 6 - Rapidly Renewable Materials
- MR 7 - Certified Wood
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8 Responses to “Materials and Resources 6 - Rapidly Renewable Materials”
Just discovered this web site - you are doing a great job!
Check out the extra point for MRc6 - 10% (it’s not twice the required 2.5%) per the USGBC 2.2 Reference Guide.
By beth on Mar 2, 2008
Hi Beth,
I’m currently looking at the USGBC 2.2 reference guide, second edition page 279 under exemplary performance and I read the following:
“For rapidly renewable materials, the percentage must be 5% or greater.”
Can you please tell me where you got this information?
Thank you for checking this!
By Pat on Mar 2, 2008
Just so everybody is clear, the exemplary performance credit threshold is 5%, not 10, for rapidly renewable materials. Beth was using an older version of the reference guide, so the summary here is correct.
By Pat on Mar 2, 2008
the canadian version 1.0 requirement is 5%, does it mean to gain exemplary requirement, it will be 10% - double ?
By Lilian on Mar 27, 2008
pg 279 LEED NC v2.2
“Exemplary Performance
An Innovation in Design point for exemplary performance may be available when the next incremental percentage threshold is achieved. For rapidly renewable materials, the percentage must be 10% or greater.”
By Devin on May 31, 2008
i have a first edition copy, but haven’t see this updated in any of the errata, I could just be missing it though.
By Devin on May 31, 2008
I have the third edition Page 279 , it says
” Exemplary Performance
An Innovation in Design point for exemplary performance may be available when the next incremental percentage threshold is achieved. For rapidly renewable materials, the percentage must be 10% or greater.”
Pat , great website , my test is tomorrow
By Rania on Jun 3, 2008
I have the LEED NC V2.2 third edition Page 285, it says “5% or greater”.
By David on Jun 26, 2008