Does the steel stud count as different material than the track?

Can we value one and the same product multiple times for different credits and credit options as far as the Building product disclosure and optimization credits is concerned.

A discussion on the BPDO-EPD forum (http://www.leeduser.com/comment/redirect/66396) has started me thinking about how to treat materials that could fall on a Credit tipping point depending on wheth

Hi Paula - If an engineered wood flooring manufacturer wanted to qualify a product line under Option 1, is it safe to assume that they would just need to publish the list of chemical ingredients of

I could have sworn I saw a link somewhere in LEEDUser to a list of approved programs to use for this credit (that also gets updated as USGBC adds more programs), but can't find it now. Did I imagin

Do you know if Declare labels are under consideration by USGBC as an alternative for Option 1 reporting?

Paula, Can we assume that if, as you submit above, "published" for HPDs means available on the web somewhere (manufacturer's site, Design Pages, SGJJR HPD Library, etc.), then "published" or "publ

"Predicted by process chemistry" is indicated on the HPD I am reviewing. Is this acceptable in any way toward the Building Product Disclosure credit?

Option 1 requirements state that for the HPD to be applicable, the “HPD standards for the 1,000-ppm level must be attained and the appropriate box on the summary page checked”.

For Projects outside of the United States using national systems for creating a complete Product content inventory (e.g.