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This credit only works for the right kind of project
If salvaged materials are appropriate for your project, this credit should be easy enough to achieve. But you have to use a lot of salvaged materials to reach the threshold, so it's most feasible for small projects that target sources of salvaged materials early in the design process. Even then, it can be tricky because these are not the sort of things you can specify and count on being able to order from a supplier--the contractor or owner usually has to procure and stockpile salvaged items when they become available. That has to happen early enough that they can be included in the design, which is often long before they are needed on the job site.
Some projects also run into trouble with the fact that salvaged items aren't rated for structural strength or flame resistance....
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Remnant Limestone- any LEED credit there?
My client wants to use remnant limestone (basically pieces of limestone left over when larger pieces are cut) for exterior siding. My instinct tells me these pieces won't count as either salvaged or recycled, but I'm posting this in case anyone has a different experience.
If the remnant limestone is considered a manufacturing waste product then I think it would count towards recycled materials. Though not for this credit as it would not count as a reused material—unless it is being cut from pieces of limestone on the project site.
So, if you were going to apply it to MRc4: Recycled Content, then it would need to meet one of the following definitions:
Preconsumer material is defined as material diverted from the waste stream during the manufacturing process. Reutilization of materials (i.e., rework, regrind or scrap generated in a process and capable of being reclaimed within the same process that generated it) is excluded.
Postconsumer material is defined as waste material generated by households or by commercial, industrial and institutional facilities in their role as end-users of the product, which can no longer be used for its intended purpose.
Check out the MRc4 page here, and if you come up with more questions I would recommend posting them there.
I'll call the manufacturer and get details about how the remnants are generated. It seems like this would count as "reutilization" more than anything else.
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