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Building Reuse: Maintain 95% of Existing Walls, Floors and Roof

LEED 2.2 Requirements:

Maintain an additional 20% (95% total, based on surface area) of existing building structure (including structural floor and roof decking) and envelope (exterior skin and framing, excluding window assemblies and non-structural roofing material). Hazardous materials that are remediated as a part of the project scope shall be excluded from the calculation of the percentage maintained. If the project includes an addition to an existing building, this credit is not applicable if the square footage of the addition is more than 2 times the square footage of the existing building.

Submittals (CONSTRUCTION):
- See MR Credit 1.1.

MATERIALS AND RESOURCES
MR	PR1	Storage & Collection of Recyclables
MR	1.1	Building Reuse: Maintain 75% of Existing Walls, Floors and Roof
MR	1.2	Building Reuse: Maintain 95% of Existing Walls, Floors and Roof
MR	1.3	Building Reuse: Maintain 50% of Interior Non-Structural Elements
MR	2.1	Construction Waste Management: Divert 50% from Disposal
MR	2.2	Construction Waste Management: Divert 75% from Disposal
MR	3.1	Materials Reuse: 5%
MR	3.2	Materials Reuse: 10%
MR	4.1	Recycled Content: 10% (post-consumer + 1/2 pre-consumer)
MR	4.2	Recycled Content: 20% (post-consumer + 1/2 pre-consumer)
MR	5.1	Regional Materials: 10% Extracted, Processed & Manufactured Regionally
MR	5.2	Regional Materials: 20% Extracted, Processed & Manufactured Regionally
MR	6	Rapidly Renewable Materials
MR	7	Certified Wood



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