Big Green: LEED New Product Requirements

Wed Jan 2 09:41:38 EST 2008

HI Darragh,

Sorry that I can't give you a response with 150% certainty, but our
experience has always been that all products and materials not falling
within the MR limitation of Divisions 2-10 are omitted from the
'denominator' as well as the 'numerator' (i.e. they are left to of the
picture altogether).

Happy New Year,

Andrew

Andrew M. Gil, AIA
Architect, LEED-Accredited Professional

HOLT Architects, P.C.
217 N. Aurora St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
p. 607 273-7600
f. 607 273-0475
http://www.holt.com

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Subject: Big Green: LEED New Product Requirements

Hi all and Happy new Year-
Does anyone have any wisdom to offer on the following question posed my
contractor?

"The HVAC subs (among others-section 01354, Part 2.04, F.1) are exempt
from MR Credit 4.1 (Recycled Content) but I presume they're still
responsible for completing the New Product Content Form (01360) listing
their installed products/materials under the heading "Other Content". Is
that correct? "

My response could be that no this is not correct as all of the
calcualtions for materials specifically exclude the MEP portion- Any
suggestions are much appreciated.

Darragh Brady, AIA LEED AP
Senior Associate

Ziger/Snead LLP
1006 Morton Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
ph. 410-576-9131
fax. 410-576-9159
dbrady at zigersnead.com

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Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:33:23 -0500
From: "David Katz" <dkatz at sustainable.on.ca>
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In addition to the GREEN issues noted in many of the replies, how about
keeping the building sustainable after it's built. This is where the new
Building Intelligence Quotient http://www.caba.org/biq rating system
developed for the Continental Automated Buildings Association
compliments both the LEED, Green Globe and Energy Star ratings.
International ratings include the Asian Intelligent Building Index
http://www.aiib.net/about-aiib.htm have been developed to reflect
regional approaches.
High Performance building efforts are underway in North America with
issues such as on site generation, Demand Response and Net Zero carbon
footprint that go well beyond the architectural rating issues.
Canada has established a CSA Sustainable Building Standard effort.
Perhaps the recent BALI climate change disputes will force more
consensus on what constitutes a Sustainable Building.

David Katz
Sustainable Resources Management Inc.
Sustainable Environmental Solutions Inc.
6 Morning Gloryway
Toronto Ontario
416-493-9232
dkatz at sustainable.on.ca

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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:29:49 -0800
From: "Gail Borthwick" <gailborthwick at smithgill.com>
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We have a project where the client is asking us to measure the
sustainable aspects of their project beyond the LEED rating system.  I'm
very familiar with The Living Building Challenge but unfortunately they
don't meet the Limits to Growth pre-requisite.

I'm interested in hearing other people's experiences and recommendations
of using other rating systems - international or domestic.

GAIL BORTHWICK, AIA, LEED AP(tm)     ADRIAN SMITH + GORDON GILL
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