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LEED v4
Neighborhood Development Plan
Green infrastructure & buildings
Recycled and reused infrastructure

LEED CREDIT

ND-Plan-v4 GIBc15: Recycled and reused infrastructure 1 point

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Use materials for new infrastructure such that the sum of the postconsumer recycled content, on-site reused materials and one-half of the preconsumer recycled content constitutes at least 50% of the total mass of infrastructure materials. Count materials in all of the following infrastructure items, as applicable:

  • roadways, parking lots, sidewalks, unit paving, and curbs;
  • water retention tanks and vaults;
  • base and sub-base materials for the above; and
  • rainwater, sanitary sewer, steam energy distribution, and water piping.
Recycled content is defined in accordance with ISO/IEC 14021, Environmental Labels and Declaration, Self-Declared Environmental Claims (Type II environmental labeling). See all forum discussions about this credit »

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Requirements

Use materials for new infrastructure such that the sum of the postconsumer recycled content, on-site reused materials and one-half of the preconsumer recycled content constitutes at least 50% of the total mass of infrastructure materials. Count materials in all of the following infrastructure items, as applicable:

  • roadways, parking lots, sidewalks, unit paving, and curbs;
  • water retention tanks and vaults;
  • base and sub-base materials for the above; and
  • rainwater, sanitary sewer, steam energy distribution, and water piping.
Recycled content is defined in accordance with ISO/IEC 14021, Environmental Labels and Declaration, Self-Declared Environmental Claims (Type II environmental labeling).
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