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Regional Materials: 20% Extracted, Processed & Manufactured Regionally

LEED 2.2 Requirements:

Use building materials or products that have been extracted, harvested or recovered, as well as manufactured, within 500 miles of the project site for an additional 10% beyond MR Credit 5.1 (total of 20%, based on cost) of the total materials value. If only a fraction of the material is extracted/harvested/recovered and manufactured locally, then only that percentage (by weight) shall contribute to the regional value.

Submittals (CONSTRUCTION):

- See MR Credit 5.1.

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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