* This credit language is drawn from the LEED v4 draft. Where other point totals are noted, this pilot credit is worth 1 point in total. *

Option 1. raw material source and extraction reporting (1 point)

Use at least 20 permanently installed products from manufacturers that have publicly released a report from their raw material suppliers including the following:

• Raw material supplier extraction locations
• A commitment to long-term ecologically responsible land use
• A commitment to reducing environmental harms from extraction and/or manufacturing processes
• A commitment to meeting applicable standards or programs voluntarily that address responsible sourcing criteria

Products must be sourced from at least 5 different manufacturers.

Products will be valued as follows:

• Manufacturer declared reports are valued as one half (1/2) of a product.
• Third-party verified corporate sustainability reports (CSR) including environmental impacts of extraction operations and activities associated with the manufacturer’s product and the product’s supply chain, are valued as one whole product for purposes of calculation.

Acceptable frameworks for the CSR include the following:

• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Report
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Develoment (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
• U.N. Global Compact: Communication of Progress
• ISO 26000: 2010 Guidance on Social Responsibility
• USGBC approved program: Other programs meeting the CSR criteria that become available will be evaluated and added as appropriate.

OR

Option 2. leadership extraction practices (1 point)

Use products that meet at least one of the responsible extraction criteria below for at least 25%, by cost, of the total value of permanently installed building products in the project.

• Bio-based materials. Bio-based products must meet the Sustainable Agriculture Network’s Sustainable Agriculture Standard. Bio-based raw materials must be tested using ASTMVoluntary standards development organization which creates source technical standards for materials, products, systems, and services Test Method D6866 and be legally harvested, as defined by the exporting and receiving country. Exclude hide products, such as leather and other animal skin material.
• New wood products. Wood products must be certified by the Forest Stewardship Council or USGBC-approved equivalent.
• Materials reuse. Reuse includes salvaged, refurbished, or reused products.
• Recycled content. Recycled content is the sum of postconsumer recycled content plus one-half the preconsumer recycled content, based on cost.
• USGBC approved program. Other programs for other material types meeting leadership extraction criteria that become available will be evaluated and added as appropriate.

Products that meet the above criteria are valued according to source location (extraction, manufacture, and purchase point must be within the distances noted below):

• Products sourced within 100 miles of the project site are valued at 200% of their cost.
• Products sourced domestically within 500 miles of the project site are valued at 150% of their cost.

Final product value is determined by the following equation:

(base product value x valuation factor based on extraction criteria)*(valuation factor based on location)

Structure and enclosure materials may not constitute more than 30% of the value of compliant building products. An individual product may be counted in more than one attribute category. If only a fraction of a product or material meets the requirements, then only the fraction, based on weight, contributes toward the credit.

For the scope of this credit, furniture, piping, pipe insulation, ducts, duct insulation, conduit, plumbing fixtures, faucets, showerheads, and lamp housing may be included if they are included consistently in cost-based Materials and Resources credits. Exclude wood products purchased for temporary use on the project.

Meet the requirements of the credit above and include furniture and furnishings within the project’s scope of work.