Chapter 6-Materials&Resources

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Chapter : 6
Materials and Resources
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Council. The author is not affiliated to
USGBC or GBCI. The information provided in
the presentation are compiled by the author
and is not endorsed by USGBC or GBCI
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CREDIT TITLE NC CS Sc Rt Hc Hs DC WD
Storage and Collection of

MR P1 R
Recyclables
Construction and Demolition
MR P2 R
Waste Management Planning
Building Life-Cycle Impact
MR C1 5 6 5
Reduction
Building Product Disclosure and
MR C2 Optimization - Environmental 2
Product Declarations
MR C3 Optimization – Sourcing of Raw 2
Materials
CREDIT TITLE NC CS Sc Rt Hc Hs DC WD

MR C4 Optimization – Material 2
Ingredients
Construction and Demolition
MR C5 2
Waste Management
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CREDIT TITLE Only for Healthcare

MR P3 PBT Source Reduction--Mercury Required
MR C6 PBT Source Reduction--Mercury 1

PBT Source Reduction--Lead,
MR C7 2
Cadmium, and Copper
MR C8 Furniture and Medical Furnishings 2
MR C9 Design for Flexibility 1
MR P1 Storage and Collection of

Recyclables
Design
NC CS Sc Rt Hc Hs DC WD
Required
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Intent
• Reduce the waste that is generated by building

occupants and hauled to and disposed of in
landfills.
Requirements
• Provide dedicated areas accessible to waste haulers and building
occupants for the collection and storage of recyclable materials
for the entire building.
• Collection and storage areas may be in separate locations.
• Recyclable materials must include mixed paper, corrugated

cardboard, glass, plastics, and metals.
• Take appropriate measures for the safe collection, storage, and

disposal of two of the following:
• Batteries,
• Mercury-containing lamps
• Electronic waste.
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Requirements – Retail only

• Conduct a waste stream study to identify the retail project’s top five
recyclable waste streams, for 24 Hrs.
• Provide storage and collection space for top four waste streams
• If no information is available on waste streams for the project, use
data from similar operations to make projections.
• Retailers with existing stores of similar size and function can use
historical information from their other locations.
• Provide dedicated areas accessible to waste haulers and building
occupants for the separation, collection, and storage of recyclable
materials.
• If any of the top four waste streams are batteries, mercury-
containing lamps, or electronic waste, take appropriate measures
for safe collection, storage, and disposal.
Strategies
Signage Requirements
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Strategies
Do not contaminate
Strategies
Ensure security of high value recyclable materials &
information
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Documentation
Documentation All Projects Retail Only
Verification of recycled material types 

Narrative describing recycling storage and collection 
strategies
Floor plans indicating recycling storage and collection 
areas
Methodology and results of waste stream study 
MR P2, C5 Construction and

Demolition Waste Management
Planning & Implementation
Construction
Required
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Intent
• Reduce construction and demolition waste

disposed of in landfills and incineration facilities
by recovering, reusing, and recycling materials.
Requirements - Prerequisite
• Develop and implement a construction and demolition waste
management plan
• Establish waste diversion goals for the project by identifying at
least five materials (both structural and nonstructural) targeted for
diversion. Approximate a percentage of the overall project waste
that these materials represent
• Specify whether materials will be separated or commingled and
describe the diversion strategies i.e. where the material will be
taken and how the recycling facility will process the material.
• Excavated soil, land clearing debris and alternate daily covers (ADC)
are not considered in the calculation
• Provide a final report detailing all major waste streams generated,
including disposal and diversion rate
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Requirements – Credit: Option 1

OPTION 1: DIVERSION (1 TO 2 POINTS)
Path 1 – 50% Minimum 3 material streams (1 point)

Path 2 – 75% Minimum 4 material streams (2 point)
• Waste stream should constitute at least 5% by weight or volume of

the project's totaled diverted waste.
• The waste stream can be a material category that is diverted or a
mixture of several material categories that are diverted.
• The commingled materials count as one stream even though the
hauler separates them out later off site.
• Waste to Energy can be considered if approved by relevant
standards
Requirements – Credit : Option 2

OPTION 2. REDUCTION OF TOTAL WASTE MATERIAL (2 POINTS)
Do not generate more than 2.5 pounds of construction waste per
square foot (12.2 kilograms of waste per square meter) of the
building’s floor area.
Maximum waste – 2.5 lbs / SF
Source Reduction Strategies

• Expose structural elements
• Building Information Modeling
• Advanced framing
• Standard sizes
• Steel framing
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Exclusions from Waste Calculation
• Excavated soil
• Land-clearing debris
• Alternative daily cover
Calculation & Documentation

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙
Diversion rate = 100 𝑥
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑤𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑑
Documentation Option -1 Option -2
MR Construction and Demolition Waste Management calculator or 

equivalent tool, tracking total and diverted waste amounts and material
streams
Documentation of recycling rates for commingled facilities (if applicable) 
Justification narrative for use of waste-to-energy strategy (if applicable) 
Documentation of waste-to-energy facilities adhering to relevant EN 
standards (if applicable)
Total waste per area 
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Exemplary Performance
• Achieve both Option 1 (either Path 1 or Path 2)

and Option 2
MR C1 Building Life-Cycle Impact

Reduction
Construction
5 6 5
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Intent
• Encourage adaptive reuse and optimize the

environmental performance of products and
materials.
Requirements
Option 1: Historic building reuse Preserve
(5 points)
(or)
Option 2: Renovation of abandoned or
Restore
blighted building (5 points)
(or)
Option 3: Building and Material reuse Reuse
(2 to 4 points)
(or)
Option 4: Whole Building life-
Reduce Life cycle impact
cycle assessment (3 points)
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Requirements - Option 1.
Historic Building Reuse
(5 POINTS BD+C, 6 POINTS CORE AND SHELL)
• Maintain the existing building structure, envelope, and interior

nonstructural elements of a historic building or contributing
building in a historic district.
• To qualify, the building or historic district must be listed or eligible
for listing in the local, state, or national register of historic places.
• Do not demolish any part of a historic building or contributing
building in a historic district unless it is deemed structurally
unsound or hazardous.
• Demolition, alteration or renovation shall be based on approval of
historic board
Requirements - Option 2. Renovation of

Abandoned or Blighted Building
(5 POINTS BD+C, 6 POINTS CORE AND SHELL)
• Maintain at least 50%, by surface area, of the existing building

structure, enclosure, and interior structural elements for buildings
that meet local criteria of abandoned or are considered blighted.
• The building must be renovated to a state of productive occupancy.
• Up to 25% of the building surface area may be excluded from

credit calculation because of deterioration or damage.
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Requirements - Option 3. Building and

Material Reuse
(2–4 POINTS BD+C, 2-5 POINTS CORE AND SHELL)
• Reuse or salvage building materials from off site or on site as a
percentage of the surface area, as listed in Table 1.
• Include structural elements (e.g., floors, roof decking), enclosure
materials (e.g., skin, framing), and permanently installed interior
elements (e.g., walls, doors, floor coverings, ceiling systems).
• Exclude window assemblies/hazardous materials from calculation.
• Materials contributing toward this credit may not contribute
toward MR Credit Material Disclosure and Optimization.
Requirements - Option 4. Whole-building

Life-cycle Assessment (3 points)
10% minimum reduction in at Baseline Building

least 3 impact categories • Size
• Function
(GWP is a must)
• Orientation
• Operating energy
Impact Categories • Service Life
• Global warming potential
• Stratospheric Ozone depletion
• Acidification of land + water 60 Years of service life
• Eutrophication
• Tropospheric Ozone formation
• Depletion of non-renewable
energy resources
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Lifecycle Assessment
LCA components
The following parameters must match in the base case and proposed
case comparison:
• LCA scope
• Size
• Function
• Orientation
• Location (climate zone)
• Operating energy efficiency
Products
• Building envelope
• Structural elements
• Roof assemblies
• Structural floors and ceilings
• Parking Structures
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Documentation
Documentation Option -1 Option -2 Option -3 Option -4
Documentation of historic designation status 

Narrative describing demolition (if any) 
Documentation of how additions and alterations (if 
any) meet local review board requirements
Narrative describing abandoned or blighted status 
Reused elements table and calculations  
Description of LCA assumptions scope, and analysis 
process for baseline building and proposed building
Life-cycle impact assessment summary showing 
outputs of proposed building with percentage
change from baseline building for all impact
indicators
• Option 1. Not available.

• Option 2. Not available.
• Option 3. Reuse 95% of the building.
• Option 4. Achieve any improvement over
the required credit thresholds in
all six impact measures
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MR C2 Building Product Disclosure

and Optimization - Environmental
Product Declarations
Construction
2
Intent
• Encourage the use of products and materials for

which life-cycle information is available and that
have environmentally, economically, and socially
preferable life-cycle impacts.
• Reward project teams for selecting products
from manufacturers who have verified improved
environmental life-cycle impacts.
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Requirements
Option 1: Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)

(1 point)
(and / or)
Option 2: Multi-attribute optimization

(1 point)
Environmental Product Declarations
• Environmental Product Declaration (EPD),is a

standardized way of quantifying the
environmental impact of a product or
system. Typically, an EPD will include
information about a product’s impact on
global warming, ozone depletion, water
pollution, ozone creation, and greenhouse
gas
• Download a sample EPD
http://www.armstrong.com/common/c2002
/content/files/72237.pdf
• Credit awarded based on number of
products from different manufacturers
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How EPDs are developed?
Environmental
Product Life Cycle
Product
Category Rule Assessment
Declaration
(PCR) (LCA)
(EPD)
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Requirements – Option 1 EPDs

20 different products from 5 different manufactures
Type Counted as Example
Product Specific Type III EPD 1 20
Industry-wide (generic) EPD ½ 40
Product Specific Declaration ¼ 80
Requirements – Option 2
Multi-attribute optimization
Use products that demonstrate impact
reduction below industry average.
3 out of 6 from the below

50%
by
• Global warming potential
• Stratospheric Ozone depletion cost
• Acidification of land + water
• Eutrophication
• Tropospheric Ozone formation
• Depletion of non-renewable energy
resources
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Calculation
0.25, 0.5 or 1 2 if product

based on option 1 extracted,
manufactured,
Actual or 45% of purchased within
construction cost 100mile
Documentation
MR building product disclosure and optimization calculator or  

equivalent tracking tool
EPD and LCA reports or compliant summary documents for 100% 
of products contributing toward credit
Documentation of compliance with USGBC-approved program 
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• Option 1. Source at least 40 qualifying

products from five manufacturers
• Option 2. Purchase 75%, by cost, of

permanently installed building
products that meet the required
attributes

and Optimization – Sourcing of
Raw Materials
Construction
2
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Intent

which life cycle information is available and that
preferable life cycle impacts.
• Reward project teams for selecting products
verified to have been extracted or sourced in a
responsible manner.
Requirements
Option 1: Raw material source and
extraction reporting
1 point
(and / or)
Option 2: Leadership extraction practices

1 point
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Requirements – Option 1 Raw Material

Source and Extraction Reporting
20 different products from 5 different manufactures
• Self Declared Products = 0.5
• Products with third-party verified

corporate sustainability reports (CSR) = 1
Frameworks
• GRI Sustainability Report
• OECD Guidelines
• UN Global Compact
• ISO 26000
• Other USGBC Program
Requirements – Option 2 Leadership

Extraction Practices
Use products that meet at least one of the
below responsible extraction criteria:
25%
•
•
Extended producer responsibility
Bio-based materials
by
• Wood products cost
• Materials reuse
• Recycled content
• USGBC approved program
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Criterion & Location valuation factor
• Bio-based products meeting Sustainable Agriculture

Standard, value 1.0, by cost 2 if product
• Wood products certified to FSC standards, 1.0 value extracted,
• Reused materials, value 1.0, by cost
• Postconsumer recycled materials, value 1.0, by cost
manufactured,
• Pre-consumer recycled materials, value 0.5, by cost purchased within
• Extended producer responsibility, value 0.5, by cost 100mile
Documentation

Corporate sustainability reports for 100% of products contributing 
toward credit
Documentation of product claims for credit requirements or other 
USGBC-approved program
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products that meet the
responsible extraction criteria

and Optimization – Material
Ingredients
Construction
2
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Intent
which life-cycle information is available and that
preferable life-cycle impacts.
• Reward project teams for selecting products for
which the chemical ingredients in the product are
inventoried using an accepted methodology and for
selecting products verified to minimize the use and
generation of harmful substances.
• Reward raw material manufacturers who produce
products verified to have improved life-cycle
impacts.
Requirements
Option 1: Material Ingredient reporting
1 point
(and / or)
Option 2: Material Ingredient optimization

1 point
(and / or)
Option 3: Product manufacturer supply chain optimization

1 point
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Requirements- Option 1
Material Ingredient reporting - 1 point
Use at least 20 different permanently installed products from at
least five different manufacturers that use any of the
following programs to demonstrate the chemical inventory of the
product to at least 0.1% (1000 ppm)
• Manufacturer inventory
• Health product declaration
• Cradle to Cradle certification
• USGBC approved program
Requirements..
• Manufacturer Inventory. The manufacturer has published complete
content inventory for the product following these guidelines:
o A publicly available inventory of all ingredients identified by name and
Chemical Abstract Service Registration Number (CASRN)
o Materials defined as trade secret or intellectual property may
withhold the name and/or CASRN but must disclose role, amount and
GreenScreen benchmark, as defined in GreenScreen v1.2.
• Health Product Declaration. The end use product has a published,
complete Health Product Declaration with full disclosure of known
hazards in compliance with the Health Product Declaration open
Standard.
• Cradle to Cradle. The end use product has been certified at the Cradle to
Cradle v2 Basic level or Cradle to Cradle v3 Bronze level.
• USGBC approved program. Other USGBC approved programs meeting the
material ingredient reporting criteria.
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Requirements: Option 2
Material Ingredient optimization - 1 point
Disclosure + Optimization
• GreenScreen v1.2 Benchmark 25%

• Cradle to Cradle reduction
• REACH Optimization in cost
Requirements…
• GreenScreen v1.2 Benchmark. Products that have fully inventoried chemical
ingredients to 100 ppm that have no Benchmark 1 hazards:
o If any ingredients are assessed with the GreenScreen List Translator, value
these products at 100% of cost.
o If all ingredients are have undergone a full GreenScreen Assessment, value
these products at 150% of cost.
• Cradle to Cradle Certified. End use products are certified Cradle to Cradle.
Products will be valued as follows:
o Cradle to Cradle v2 Gold: 100% of cost
o Cradle to Cradle v2 Platinum: 150% of cost
o Cradle to Cradle v3 Silver: 100% of cost
o Cradle to Cradle v3 Gold or Platinum: 150% of cost
• International Alternative Compliance Path – REACH Optimization. End use
products and materials that do not contain substances that meet REACH criteria
for substances of very high concern.
• USGBC approved program. Products that comply with USGGBC approved
building product optimization criteria.
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Product manufacturer supply chain optimization - 1point
Supply Chain • 25% by cost

Optimization • 99% by weight
Requirements..
• Use materials that are sourced from product manufacturers who engage in
validated and robust safety, health, hazard, and risk programs which at a
minimum document at least 99% (by weight) of the ingredients used to
make the building product or building material, and
• Use material that are sourced from product manufacturers with
independent third party verification of their supply chain that at a
minimum verifies:
o Processes are in place to communicate and transparently prioritize chemical ingredients along
the supply chain
o Processes are in place to identify, document, and communicate information on health, safety and
environmental characteristics of chemical ingredients
o Processes are in place to implement measures to manage the health, safety and environmental
hazard and risk of chemical ingredients
o Processes are in place to optimize health, safety and environmental impacts when designing and
improving chemical ingredients
o Processes are in place to communicate, receive and evaluate chemical ingredient safety and
stewardship information along the supply chain
o Safety and stewardship information about the chemical ingredients is publicly available
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Calculation
• Products meeting Option 3 criteria are valued at 100% of their
cost for the purposes of credit achievement calculation.
• For credit achievement calculation of options 2 and 3, products

sourced (extracted, manufactured, purchased) within 100 miles
(160 km) of the project site are valued at 200% of their base
contributing cost. For credit achievement calculation, the value of
individual products compliant with either option 2 or 3 can be
combined to reach the 25% threshold but products compliant
with both option 2 and 3 may only be counted once.
• Structure and enclosure materials may not constitute more than

30% of the value of compliant building products.
Documentation
Documentation Option -1 Option -2 Option -3

Documentation of Chemical inventory through Health Product 

Declaration, Cradle to Cradle certification labels, manufacturers’
lists of ingredients with GreenScreen assessment reports for
confidential ingredients, or USGBC-approved programs (if
applicable
Verification of ingredient optimization through Cradle to Cradle 
certification labels, manufacturers’ lists of ingredients with
GreenScreen benchmarks listed for all ingredients, or
manufacturers’ declaration (for REACH), or USGBC-approved
programs (if applicable)
Documentation of supply chain optimization 
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products that meet the
credit criteria
MR P3 & C6 PBT Source

Reduction-Mercury
Design
Healthcare Only Healthcare Only

Required 1
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Intent - Prerequisite
• Reduce mercury-containing products and

devices and mercury release through product
substitution, capture, and recycling.
Intent - Credit
• Reduce the release of persistent,
bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBTs) chemicals
associated with the life cycle of building
materials.
PBT
• Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBTs) substances

are a class of compounds that have high resistance to
degradation from abiotic and biotic factors, high mobility
in the environment and high toxicity.
Reduce, substitute, or replace.
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As part of the project’s recycling collection system, identify
the following:
• Types of mercury-containing products and devices to be
collected;
• Criteria governing how they are to be handled by a
recycling program
• Disposal methods for captured mercury.
Applicable mercury-containing products and devices include:

• Lamps
• Dental wastes (such as scrap amalgam, chair side
traps, and separator wastes).
Comply with 2010 FGI Guidelines for Health Care Facilities:
• New construction: do not use mercury-containing equipment. Lamps

are excluded.
• Renovation: develop a plan to phase out mercury-containing

products and upgrade current mercury-containing lamps to high-
efficiency, low-mercury, or mercury-free lamp technology.
• Do not specify or install preheat, T-9, T-10, or T-12 fluorescents or

mercury vapor high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps in the project
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Typical lamp types in a Healthcare project
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Requirements - Credit
Specify and install fluorescent lamps with both low
mercury content and long lamp life, as listed in below
Documentation
For Prerequisite
Documentation All Projects
Existing inventory and phase-out plan (for renovation projects) 
Recycling plan for mercury-containing lamps 
Lighting schedule including lamp type and mercury content 
USGBC’s PBT source reduction calculator (or equivalent documentation) 
For Credit
Lighting schedule (including lamp life hours) 
Narrative explaining lamps excluded from credit 
USGBC’s MR PBT source reduction calculator (or equivalent 
documentation)
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MR C7 PBT Source Reduction-

Lead, Cadmium and Copper
Construction
Healthcare Only
2
Intent
• Reduce the release of persistent,

bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemicals
associated with the life cycle of building
materials.
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PBT
• Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBTs) substances

are a class of compounds that have high resistance to
degradation from abiotic and biotic factors, high mobility
in the environment and high toxicity.
Reduce, substitute, or replace.
Requirements
Lead
• Specify and use solder and flux to connect (potable water) plumbing
pipe that meets the California AB1953 standard
• Specify and use lead-free roofing and flashing
• Specify and use electrical wire and cable with lead content less than
300 ppm
• Specify no use of interior or exterior paints containing lead.
• Renovation projects, ensure the removal and appropriate disposal of
disconnected wires with lead stabilizers, consistent with the 2002
National Electric Code requirements.
• Lead used for radiation shielding and copper used for MRI shielding
are exempt
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Requirements
Cadmium
• Specify no use of interior or exterior paints containing cadmium.
Copper
• For copper pipe applications, reduce or eliminate joint-related
sources of copper corrosion:
o use mechanically crimped copper joint systems; or
o specify that all solder joints comply with ASTM B828 2002, and
specify and use ASTM B813 2010 for flux.
Documentation
Product documentation demonstrating credit criteria have been met 

(manufacturer’s data or proof of certification)
Narrative explaining any excluded materials 

Description of pipe jointing processes (for copper pipe only) 
Verification of appropriate disposal of wires and lead stabilizers (for renovation 

projects only)
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MR C8 Furniture and Medical

Furnishings
Construction
Healthcare Only
2
Intent
• Enhance the environmental and human health

performance attributes associated with
freestanding furniture and medical furnishings.
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Requirements
• Use at least 30% (1 point) or 40% (2 points), by cost, of all
freestanding furniture and medical furnishings (e.g., mattresses,
foams, panel fabrics, cubicle curtains, window coverings, other
textiles) that meets the criteria in one of the following three
options.
• Option 1: Minimal Chemical content

(and / or)
• Option 2: Testing and modeling of chemical content

(and / or)
• Option 3: Multi-attribute assessment of products

Minimal Chemical content
• All components that constitute at least 5%, by weight, must contain
less than 100 parts per million (ppm) of at least four of the five
following chemical groups:
• Formaldehyde
• Heavy metals
• Chromium in plated finishes
• Stain and non-stick treatments
• Added antimicrobial treatments
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Requirements : Option 2
Testing and modeling of chemical content
• All components of a furniture or medical furnishing assembly,
including textiles, finishes, and dyes, must contain less than 100
parts per million (ppm) of at least two of the five chemicals listed in
Option 1.
• Meet BIFMA Standards, using either the concentration modeling

approach or the emissions factor approach
• Model the test results
Requirements : Option 3
Multi-attribute assessment of products
• Use products that meet at least one of the criteria below. Each
product can receive credit for each criterion met. The scope of any
environmental product declaration (EPD) must be at least cradle to
gate.
• Materials reuse
• Recycled content
• Extended producer responsibility
• Bio-based materials
• Certified wood
• Product specific declaration -- valued as (1/4)

• Industry-wide (generic) EPD -- valued as (1/2)
• Product-specific Type III EPD -- valued as (1)
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Documentation
Documentation Option 1 Option 2 Option 3
MR furniture and medical furnishings calculator provided   

by USGBC
Documentation of product claims for credit criteria   
• Use at least 50%, by cost, of all freestanding

furniture and medical furnishings that meet the
credit criteria
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MR C9 Design for Flexibility
Design
Healthcare Only
1
Intent
• Conserve resources associated with the

construction and management of buildings by
designing for flexibility and ease of future
adaptation and for the service life of
components and assemblies.
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Requirements
• Increase building flexibility and ease of adaptive use
over the life of the structure by employing at least three
of the following strategies.
• Interstitial space
• Program soft space
• Shell space
• Horizontal expansion capacity
• Future parking
• Demountable partitions
• Movable/modular casework
Interstitial Space
• Design distribution zone utility systems and equipment including
HVAC, plumbing, electrical, information technology, medical gases,
and life safety systems to serve the occupied zones and have the
capacity to control multiple zones in clinical spaces.
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Programmed soft spaces

• Provide programmed soft space, such as administration or storage,
equal to at least 5% of departmental gross area (DGA). Locate soft
space adjacent to clinical departments that anticipate growth.
Determine a strategy for future accommodation of displaced soft
space.
Shell Spaces
• Provide shell space equal to at least 5% of DGA. Locate it such that
it can be occupied without displacing occupied space.
• Shell space is an area designed to be fitted out for future expansion.
It is enclosed by the building envelope but otherwise left
unfinished; it may not be climate controlled or illuminated, but
adding these utilities would not disrupt hospital functions.
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Horizontal expansion
• Identify horizontal expansion capacity for diagnostic and treatment
or other clinical space equal to at least 30% of existing floor area
(excluding inpatient units) without demolition of occupied space
(other than at the connection point). Reconfiguration of additional
existing occupied space that has been constructed with
demountable partition systems is permitted.
Vertical Expansion
• Design for future vertical expansion on at least 75% of the roof,
ensuring that existing operations and service systems can continue
at or near capacity during the expansion.
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Future above grade parking

• Designate space for future above-grade parking structures equal to
50% of existing on-grade parking capacity, with direct access to the
main hospital lobby or circulation. Vertical transportation pathways
that lead directly to the main hospital lobby or circulation are
acceptable.
Demountable Partitions
• Use demountable partitions for 50% of applicable areas.
• Demountable partition is a temporary interior wall that can be
easily reconfigured. In a health care facility, acoustical concerns and
embedded equipment, as in a surgery suite, may prevent
demountable partitions from being used
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Modular casework
• Use movable or modular casework for at least 50% of casework and
custom millwork. Base the calculation on the combined value of
casework and millwork, as determined by the cost estimator or
contractor.
• Modular and movable casework shelving and cabinetry designed to
be easily installed, moved, or reconfigured.
Documentation
Description of overall flexible design strategy 
Calculations for departmental gross area showing areas required for 

Floor plans or other documentation for areas using flexible design strategies 
Calculations of floor area for soft space, shell space, expansion capacity, and 
future parking (if applicable)
Calculations of linear area for demountable partitions and description of excluded 
areas (if applicable)
Calculation of product costs for movable and modular casework (if applicable) 
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LEED® and USGBC® are registered

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Storage and Collection of

Building Product Disclosure and

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CREDIT TITLE Only for Healthcare

MR C6 PBT Source Reduction--Mercury 1

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MR P1 Storage and Collection of

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• Reduce the waste that is generated by building

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• Collection and storage areas may be in separate locations.

• Recyclable materials must include mixed paper, corrugated

• Take appropriate measures for the safe collection, storage, and

Requirements – Retail only

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Documentation All Projects Retail Only

Verification of recycled material types 

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MR P2, C5 Construction and

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• Reduce construction and demolition waste

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Requirements – Credit: Option 1

Path 1 – 50% Minimum 3 material streams (1 point)

• Waste stream should constitute at least 5% by weight or volume of

Requirements – Credit : Option 2

Maximum waste – 2.5 lbs / SF

Source Reduction Strategies

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Exclusions from Waste Calculation

• Alternative daily cover

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Calculation & Documentation

Documentation Option -1 Option -2

MR Construction and Demolition Waste Management calculator or 

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• Achieve both Option 1 (either Path 1 or Path 2)

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MR C1 Building Life-Cycle Impact

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• Encourage adaptive reuse and optimize the

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• Maintain the existing building structure, envelope, and interior

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Requirements - Option 2. Renovation of

• Maintain at least 50%, by surface area, of the existing building

• The building must be renovated to a state of productive occupancy.

• Up to 25% of the building surface area may be excluded from

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Requirements - Option 3. Building and

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Requirements - Option 4. Whole-building

10% minimum reduction in at Baseline Building

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Documentation of historic designation status 