Electric furniture

Mathilda Jonsson

Environmental Certification Engineer (LEED AP BD+C)

Skanska

LEEDuser Basic Member

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April 18, 2013

Hi all I'm wondering about electrical supplies for some furniture, i. e height-adjustable work desks. Are these electrical components also included in the regional requirement? Installations are suppose to be excluded from these material credits but when they included in furniture I'm not sure. Our project owner is worried that the elecrical components in our desks are from asia, and our project is located in sweden. Any thoughts? Many thanks!

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Pat Jung

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Thu, 04/18/2013 - 17:06

Hi Mathilda, Based on the LEED CI 2009 Reference guide, electrical components are not included in the calculation for this credit (see pages 236 and 256). I would determine the proportional weight of the electrical component by dividing the weight of the electrical component by the weight of the entire work desk. Assuming the rest of the work desk was made within 500 miles of the project, to find the cost of the desk, subtract the cost of the electrical component (based its proportional weight) from the total cost of the work desk. The cost of the electrical components should also be subtracted from the total construction material costs for the project. I hope this is helpful.