A product”s materials were extracted 300 miles from a project site, while the p

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试卷: LEED GA模拟题B[查看]
A product”s materials were extracted 300 miles from a project site, while the product was manufactured 600 miles from the project site. What statement is true about the product?
A: The product is considered a regionally harvested and regionally manufactured material
B: The product does not count as a regionally harvested and regionally manufactured material
C: The product counts toward source reduction
D: The product can count as a salvaged material

参考答案: B

本题解释:
The product is not a regional material because it was manufactured outside of the 500 mile radius LEED requires for a material to be considered regional.

LEED gives credit for regional materials when certain percentages of materials are extracted, harvested or recovered, and manufactured within 500 miles.

In this example the material was extracted within 500 miles, but it was not manufactured within 500 miles. An example would be flooring where the trees for the flooring was extracted (cut down) 300 miles from the project site, but the flooring was milled and finished 600 miles from the project site. Because the flooring was \\\'manufactured\\\' outside of the 500 mile limit, the material doesn\\\'t count as regional.


Source reduction is a method to reduce construction waste by choosing materials with less packaging or that are sized correctly.
Salvaged materials are materials that are being reused. The question states the material is extracted and manufactured so it is new not salvaged.