LEED-BDC-v4-v5-Summary-of-Changes - Page 012

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Credit	Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Sourcing of Raw Materials	Incorporated into new credit: MRc Building Product Selection and Procurement. Specific requirements related to raw material source and extraction practices incorporated into the new multi-attribute criteria areas and product scoring system (level 1, 2 or 3).
Credit	Building Product Disclosure and Optimization – Material Ingredients	Incorporated into new credit: MRc Building Product Selection and Procurement. Specific requirements related to material ingredient reporting and optimization incorporated into the new multi-attribute criteria areas and product scoring system (level 1, 2 or 3).
Credit	Construction and Demolition Waste Management	Credit renamed to: MRc Construction and Demolition Waste Diversion. Added requirement for developing Construction and Demolition Materials Management Plan. Added list of diversion strategies and rules for calculating diversion rates: Materials source-separated and sent for single-material recycling or industry/manufacturer take-back programs are considered 100% diverted. Salvaged materials are valued at a 200% diversion rate. Mixed C&D materials sent to processing facility must assume 35% diversion rate unless the facility has USGBC approved third party verification of recycling rates. Revised point thresholds for C&D diversion. Added requirement for a percentage of diverted materials to be salvaged or source-separated and sent to single-material recycler(s) to achieve points. Eliminated requirements for number of waste streams to be diverted. Eliminated Option 2, Reduction of Total Waste Material. Added requirement for CS projects to include approved C&D waste management plan in tenant guidelines.
Credit	Low Emitting Materials	Credit moved from the IEQ credit category to the MR credit category. Reference credit revisions in IEQ section of this document.
Credit	Building and Materials Reuse	New credit. Incorporates elements of LEED v4 MRc Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction credit.
Credit	Reduce Embodied Carbon	New credit. Incorporates elements of LEED v4 MRc Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction credit. Incorporates elements of v4 pilot credit: Procurement of Low Carbon Construction Materials.
Credit	Building Product Selection and Procurement	New credit. Incorporates the three LEED v4 MRc Building Product Disclosure and Optimization credits and introduces a new multi-attribute scoring system for products.

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