REGIONAL MATERIALS [creat THR Credt 5 MR Credit 5 [Points 1.2 points 1-2 points Intent ‘To increase demand for building materials and products that are extracted and manufactured. within the region, thereby supporting the use of indigenous resources and reducing the environmental impacts resulting from transportation. Requirements Use building materials or products that have been extracted, harvested orxecovered, a8 well ‘as manufactured, within soo miles of the project site for a minimum of 10% or 20%, based ‘on cost, of the total materials vali. If only a fraction of a product or material is extracted, harvested, or recovered and manufactured locally, then only that percentage (by weight) ‘must contribute tothe regional value. The minimum percentage regional materials for each poirit threshold iss follows; Beainal Mote 10% 20%, 2 ‘Mechanical, electrical and plumbing components, and specialty items such as elevators and. equipment must not be included in this calculation. Include only materials permanently installed in the project. Furniture may be included ifitis included consistently inMR Credit, 3: Materials Reuse through MR Credit 7: Certified Wood (MR Credit 6 in Core & Shell). 2009 EDITION LEED REFERENCE GUIDE FOR GREEN BUILDING DESIGN AND, ion MR CREDIT 5 379ae) 1. Benefits and Issues To Consider { { scnoors 380 Credit 5 credit Credit 5 Environmental Issues The use of regional building materials reduces transportation activities and associated pollution. ‘Trucks, trains, ships, and other vehicles deplete finite reserves of fossil fuels and generate air pollution. Tealso is important to address the source of raw materials used to manufacture building products; someare harvested or extracted far from the point of manufacture, alsocontributing toair and water pollution associated with transportation, Economic Issues The availability of regionally manufactured building materials depends on the project location. In some areas, the majority of products needed for the project can be obtained within a s00-mile radius. Inotherareas, only a small portion or no building materials can be sourced locally. However, the purchase of regional building materials is generally more cost-effective because of reduced transportation costs, Also, the support of regional manufacturers and labor forces retains capital in the community, contributing to a more stable tax base and a healthier local economy, as well as showcases the resources and skills ofthe region. 2, Related Credits Specifying regional materials to achieve this credit may affect the levels of achievement for the following credits: = MR Credit 3: Materials Reuse = MR Credit 4: Recyeled Content = MRCredit 6: Rapidly Renewable Materials Set goals carly for materials use; assess the availability of regional materials and determine the best, available products to minimize the project’s environmental impact. The use oflife-cycleassessment tools may be employed in the decision-making process. ‘The project materials costs used in this credit need to be consistent with those used in the following credits: = MR Credit: Materials Reuse = MR Credit 4: Recycled Content = MR Credit 6: Rapidly Renewable Materials 3. Summary of Referenced Standards There are no stanclards referenced for this credit. 4, Implementation ‘The point of manufacture is considered the place of final assembly of components into the building product that is furnished and installed by the tradesworkers. For example, ifthe hardware comes from Dallas, the lumber comes from Vancouver, and the joist is assembled in Kent, Washington, then the location of the final assembly is Kent, Washington. Tt may require careful research to determine what local products are available, so evaluate this credit early in the design process. This credit is achieved by summing the cost of all materials that are extracted and manufactured within soo miles of the construction site. Ifthe material contains components that were sourced from a place within 500 miles but the final assembly was farther away, the product cannot be counted toward the cvedit. In cases where products and construction LEED REFERENCE GUIDE FOR GREEN BUILOING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 2009 EDITION‘components are assembled on-site, the individual components that are extracted within 500 miles of the site will be counted toward this credit ‘The general contractor should work with subcontractors and suppliers to verify availabilty of materials that are extracted, harvested, or recovered and manufactured locally. The contractor should run preliminary calculations based on the construction budget or schedule of values during the preconstruction phase. This will allow the construction team to focus on those materials with the greatest contribution to this credit as earlyas possible, 5. Timeline and Team Run preliminary calculations, as soon as a project budget is available, to set appropriate regional ‘materials targets. Architects should specify in the construction documents products that are extracted/harvestedjrecovered and manufactured within 500 miles and work with the general contractor on approved alternatives that meetthe requirements of this credit. During construction, ‘the general contractoris typically responsible for documentingtheamountsandvalues of regionally harvested and manufactured materials used on the project. The general contractor must track. ‘the materials cost of each locally harvested and manufactured product that will be applied to this credit, 6. Calculations Determine the total materials cost forthe project by multiplying the total construction cost (bard costs only in CSI Master’ormat™ 2004 Hlition Divisions 03-10, 31 (Section 31.60.00 Foundations) and 32 (Sections 32.10.00 Paving, 32.30.00 Site Improvements, and 32.90.00 Planting) by 0.4, Alternatively, the total materials cost may be a tally of actual materials cost in CSI MasterPormat™ 2004 Bdition Divisions 03-10, 31 (Section 31.60.00 Foundations) and 32 (Sections 32.10.00 Paving, 3230.00 Site Improvements, and 32.90.00 Planting) from the project schedule of values ora similar ‘document, The benefit to using actual materials costs, as opposed tothe default 43%, is that projects ‘with less than 45% materials cost will find it easier to achieve the 10% and 20% credit thresholds, since total materials cot is inthe denominator of the equation below. The purpose of the default value is to streamline the documentation process, since it is often challenging to break out the ‘materials costs from labor and equipment costs forall materials on the project. Materials costs include all expenses to deliver the material to the project site, Materials costs should ‘account forall taxes and transportation costs incurred by the contractor but exclude any cost for labor and equipment once the material has been delivered tothe site. List those products that are extracted, harvested, or recovered and manufactured within 500 miles ofthe projectsite. Indicarethe manufacturer the product cost, the distancebetweenthe project site and the manufacturer location, and the distance between the project site and the extraction site for Calculate the percentage local materials according to Equation. Equation 1 ercentage Loeal Cost of Local Mates cna 8 x wo a bl Matra os) ‘The project achieves 1 point when the percentage of local material is 10% or greater, and 2 points when the percentage of local material is 20% or greater, ‘Table: lists sample materials and components eligible for this credit. 2009 EDITION LEED REFERENCE GUIDE FOR GREEN BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTIONCredit 5 reait 5 credit 5 382 Table 1. Sample Regional Materials Bian FORE of Hen oO oP NST in Sao? ing Tn ares 50 as [ Pg a is = ewe erctin, 00 mos [ i it 0 is Ye Cent Cone 650 er Cana lt, 60 ake Tole comet ree, 10 ine aes tr Des ves epee ans Dnel p ty 200 is Dalle, 600 les te Furniture and furnishings (GSI Division 12) are excluded from the calculations for this credit, ‘unless they are considered consistently across MR Credits 3-7. This credit applies primarily to CSI MasterFormat" 2004 Raition Divisions 03-10, 31 (Section 31.60.00 Foundations) and 32 (Sections 32.10.00 Paving, 32.30.00 Site Improvements, and 32.90.00 Planting). Do not include mechanical, electrical, and plumbing components or appliances and equipment in the calculations for this credit. Compared with structural and finish materils, mechanical and clectrical equipment tends to have a high dollar value relative to the amount of material it contains and thet high dollar value would skew the results of the calculation, Reused and Salvaged Materials Reused and salvaged materials that satisfy the requirements of MR Credit 3 may also contribute ‘to MR Credits, Use the location from which they were salvaged as the point of extraction, and use ‘te location of the salvaged goods vendor as the point of manufacture. On-site salvaged materials automatically qualify. For materials with more than 1 point of manufacture or extraction, all within the so0-mile radius, list the component with the greatest distance. I' portion ofthe material was either manufactured or extracted beyond the 5oo-mile radius, list only that portion and associated cost satisfying the credit requirement. Forassemblies orproducts manufactured withinthe 500-mile adiusthat containsome components extracted farther away, use multiple lines when listing purchases. Base the proportionality of such produets’ costs on the weight oftheir various components (see the example for concrete in Tables 2and3) ‘Table 2. Sample Assembly Percentage Regionally Extracted Calculation for Concrete Sane wit on _| tt Se fe) | mega ent cot me 1230 ° Aah 22 15 28 ve 25 i 25 Sie 780 wo 750 cj Gis Agpegte | __,000 8 1000 Sond 1.200 m3 1.200 conse 23789 NA 3507 rot Reo aio Nata 5070.70) Bam LEED REFERENCE GUIDE FOR GREEN BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 2009 EDITIONTable 3. Sample Spreadsheet for Regional Materials, ne | Oc ‘between Mine: Value’ a! Product | Manutactuer| Proecta | Prost& |. Product | ativngas | infomation Souce vrata | amet | aac | Re : one {eniles) ro | oe |e 5 | s57 | 3677 | ctr ia mee | ote | as 6 | se1000 | serge | conc simina oS e-—“—i—tié‘C_CSC_CSs—s—sCSCSC pam [nama us| 75 [256 | ano | a0 aon manor cine fbr ne [a8 [rar sisa29 atom mace cars| Toscan | 16 | 380 | sao | 2200 | Gmc tuner [aya [ato | se | fon 350 | tan 80 | ta ita es eC Tot er $810 "a i ol One 270) 751.09 Pact en iin 1 a ad 1 7. Documentation Guidance ‘Asa first step in preparing to complete the LEED-Online documentation requirements, work through the following measures, Refer to LEED-Online for the complete descriptions ofall required documentation. = Compile alist of product purchases manufactured, extracted, or harvested regionally. * Recordimanufacturers' names, productoosts,distancesbetweentheprojectandmanufacturer, and distances between the project and the extraction site ‘= Where appropriate, retain cutsheets that document material originand manufacture within a ‘500-mile radius ofthe project sie. * Where appropriate, maintain alist of terials costs, exeludinglabor and equipment, for CST Divisions 03-10, 31 (Section 31.60.00 Foundations) and 32 Sections 32.10.00 Paving, 32.30.00 Sie improvements, and 32.90.00 Planting) only; including Division 12s optional 8, Examples EXAMPLE 1 Figure 2 illustrates an example for a hypothetical slag concrete material that is extracted, processed, and manufactured within so0 miles ofa projec site. 2009 EDITION LEED REFERENCE GUIDE FOR GREEN BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION,PR 108% 2000 a Mamutactsing Location of Fy Ash Concrete a SCHOOLS | Credit 5 a. A Pepsin © conor scan ttartictng EXAMPLE 2 ‘The total construction costs for a library building are $600,000. Using the default materials calculations, the total cost of materials excluding labor and equipment is $600,000 x 0.45 = $270,000. "Table lists the regional materials purchased forthe projec. In this example, the cost ‘of regionally harvested and manufactured products asa percentage ofthe total cost of materials s2789%. The project earns 2points, 384 LEED REFERENCE GUIDE FOR GREEN BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 2009 EDITIONTable 4, Sample Calculation for Regional Material “Total constriction cost ‘Fe00000] | NC __ Credit 5 a a a io $eaoen0] /Scro0ts | — creat 5 Pie lial xt ce eb cand $2700] (03 | Greats) 1] Bist between | Distance Between ~~ Pract ate | vendor | PROS | prota | pret and wercon | Ren net raters | "sta | ton Piant Materies | fanutacturer vecuous [Ome | taz70 2% 3 tt Geawe [wer — segregate Concrote 21.000 . 8 manufacturer pu st | cpa noe | a oa it vo tears ut | sagos0 no 0 vn ead a tie ao pena Tamsss i lo ly ce! da ‘72310 tel bu ined paw pee a aE 759% Ft etd 105 ep ts i 2 ng os 1 Total points documented 7 EXAMPLE 3 Concrete dry mixis provided bya subcontractor. The dry mix contains cement, aggregate, sand, ‘water, and acimixtures with a definite proportion. While the concrete is manufactured within 20 miles from the project site, the aggregate is mined from a town 100 miles away, the cement plants 600 mites away, and the sand is from s50 miles away. In this case, onlythe aggregate will qualify for the regional material credit. The cost of the aggregate material can either be provided by the subcontractor or calculated on the basis ofthe percentage of aggregate and total cost of the concrete mix. Ifthe concrete mix was $100,000 and the aggregate was 10% by weight of the concrete, te aggregate cost will be assumed to be $10,000. Therefore, the concrete will account for $10,000 to the regional material credit. 9. Exemplary Performance Project teams may earn an Innovation in Design credit for exemplary performance by achieving a total value of regionally harvested, extracted, and manufactured materials of 30% or mote. 10. Regional Variations Local availability of materials will vary by region, Regional building materials are often consistent ‘with regional design aesthetics and may be more stable in the local climate than materials from other regions, Consider thelocal architecture and adopta design that incorporates locally produced ‘materials wherever possible. Those project sites near sources for material origin and manufacture ‘will have an advantage in the achievement of this credit. 2009 EDITION LEED REFERENCE GUIDE FOR GREEN BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 38511. Operations and Maintenance Considerations MATE) ‘The duplication, replacement, and repair of regional materials wil be esr information about the installed produetshas ben maintained. Bncourage the creation ofasustainablé purchasingplan and provide building operators with ist ofthe installed products an their manufacturers, sch as the documentation used inthe LEED application 12. Resources Please see USGRC's LEED Registered Project Tools (att additional resources and technical information. iyyrwusgbe.orgiprojecttools) for Government Resources heck with the local chamber of commerce or regional and state economic development agencies for building materials manufacturersin the region, 13, Defi ‘Manufacturing refers to the final assembly of components into the building product that is furnished and installed by the tradesworkers. Regionally extracted materials areraw materials taken fromwithinasoo-mile radius ofthe project site Regionally manufactured materials are assembled as finished products within a soo-mile radius ofthe project site, Assembly does not include on-site assembly, erection, or installation of finished components. 386 LEED REFERENGE GUIDE FOR GREEN BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 1009 EDITION