Section 2: Individual LEED Credit Reviews
LEED Credit MR-3.2:
Basis for Cost Assumption
Resource Reuse, 10%
Furniture systems are not included in either the
Courthouse or Office Building budgets. The credit
is therefore not pursued.
Intent
Summary of First Cost Impacts
Reuse building materials and products in order
to reduce demand for virgin materials and to
reduce waste, thereby reducing impacts
Courthouse (New Construction, 262,000 GSF)
associated with the extraction and processing of
virgin resources.
The credit is not pursued.
Requirement
Office Building (Modernization, 306,600 GSF)
Use salvaged, refurbished or reused materials,
The credit is not pursued.
products and furnishings for at least 10% of
building materials.
(1 point)
Additional Considerations
None identified.
Cost Impact: Not Pursued
Synergistic Credits
1
2
3
4
5
Credit MR-3.1 (Resource Reuse, 5 percent) is the
first point that can be earned under Credit MR-3.
GSA
No
Low
Moderate
High
Standard
premium,
premium
premium
premium
(no cost)
psble svgs
(<50K)
(50-150K)
(>150K)
Practical Applications
As noted for Credit MR-3.1 (Resource Reuse, 5
percent), only materials that have been purchased
from salvaged, refurbished, or reused material
retailers qualify for this credit (i.e., materials that
have been salvaged on site do not qualify). Typical
refurbished materials that might be considered for
a GSA project include the following:
Wood flooring or paneling
Doors and frames
Furniture items
Of these three material types, refurbished systems
furniture is the one category that might approach
the credit's 10 percent threshold; however,
furniture budgets are not included in most GSA
construction projects. For these reasons, this credit
has not been pursued in this study.
GSA LEED COST STUDY
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