Applying LEED - Energy Design Resources

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LEED Materials and Resources

The effect a building has on the environment can be substantially minimized with the efficient use and disposal of building materials. LEED

Materials and Resources credits looks at the products and materials used in building construction and requires that they be used efficiently, conservatively and pragmatically, from the design and specification of recycled material content to the effective management of the project waste stream throughout construction.

Not all credits have EDR-related webpages. Only credits with applicable EDR references show active links.

General Information for MR category

Prereq 1 - Storage and Collection of Recyclables
Credit 1 - Building Reuse: Maintain 75% of Existing Walls, Floors and Roof
Credit 1.2 - Building Reuse: Maintain 95% of Existing Walls, Floors and Roof
Credit 1.3 - Building Reuse: Maintain 50% of Interior Non-Structural Elements
Credit 2 - Construction Waste Management: Divert from Disposal
Credit 3 - Materials Reuse
Credit 4 - Recycled Content: (post-consumer + 1/2 pre-consumer)
Credit 5 - Regional Materials: Extracted, Processed & Manufactured Regionally
Credit 6 - Rapidly Renewable Materials
Credit 7 - Certified Wood


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