Clarification of Credit MR 3.1 and 3.2

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Author Message Robin E. Snyder Senior Member Username: robin Post Number: 241 Registered: 08-2004 Posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 10:45 pm:    My interpretation of this credit is that it applies to existing building materials that are salvaged and re-used. The LEED consultant claims that it applies to "reusing" materials that would otherwise be diverted to construction waste. Is it even possible to get credits MR 3.1 and/or 3.2 on a new building? William C. Pegues, FCSI, CCS Senior Member Username: wpegues Post Number: 783 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 11:31 pm:    Specifically those refer to salvaged and refurbished materials. NOTE! You could be getting these from a separate source - you don't have to get salvaged/refurbished materials from something that is being demolished. We had a project where a an existing building was being demolished, and the elevator equipment was being salvaged and refurbished for use on another project (donated for a 'worthy cause'. So, that other project could actually claim the elevator as salvaged/refurbished material even though that facility was elsewhere and had no demolition involved. William William C. Pegues, FCSI, CCS, SCIP Affiliate WDG Architecture, Washington, DC | Dallas, TX