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Materials and Resources

The Materials and Resources (MR) category focuses on reducing embodied carbon, protecting health, and fostering a circular economy. It emphasizes multi-attribute product selection, supply chain decarbonization, and industry alignment. Key strategies include whole building life cycle assessments, EPD analysis, waste management, and promoting low-emitting and circular materials. The category addresses embodied carbon reduction through manufacturing innovations and circular strategies, improves indoor environmental quality, and supports ecological conservation. By simplifying and harmonizing approaches, LEED v5 enables project teams to make high-impact choices that cut emissions, improve health outcomes, and advance sustainable practices throughout the building industry.

Prerequisite	Storage and Collection of Recyclables	Prerequisite renamed to: MRp Planning for Zero Waste Operations. Added requirement to provide space for organics/food waste diversion post-occupancy. Collection now required for all batteries, mercury-containing lamps, and e-waste instead of only two of the categories. Added requirement for Zero Waste Operations Planning. Requirement added for CS projects to add base building infrastructure and service options information in tenant guidelines.
Prerequisite	Construction and Demolition Waste Management Planning	Prerequisite removed (the plan is now required when achieving points under credit: MRc Construction & Demolition Waste Diversion).
Prerequisite	Quantify and Assess Embodied Carbon	New prerequisite.
Credit	Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction	Credit incorporated into: MRc Building and Materials Reuse and MRc Reduce Embodied Carbon. Target and point thresholds revised in MRc Building Materials Reuse for reuse of building structure/enclosure elements and non-structural materials. Point values changed for NC (1-6 points) and CS (1-8 points). New LCA requirements and GWP reduction point thresholds added for Options 1 and 2. Added requirement of 20% reduction in embodied carbon for LEED Platinum projects. New options for NC compliance added, including Option 2. EPD Analysis (1-3 points) and Option 3. Track Carbon Emissions from Construction Activities (1-2 points). New options for CS compliance added, including Option 2. EPD Analysis (1-4 points) and Option 3. Track Carbon Emissions from Construction Activities (1-2 points).
Credit	Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Environmental Product Declarations	Incorporated into new credit: MRc Building Product Selection and Procurement. Specific requirements related to EPDs and material optimization incorporated into the new multi-attribute criteria areas and product scoring system (level 1, 2 or 3).

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