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Materials & Waste

Intent

To reduce the embodied environmental impact and toxicity in building materials.

Materials and Waste	New Buildings	Major Renovations
M.1 Life Cycle Assessment of Materials	Required	Required (Partial - See Guideline)
M.2 Environmentally Preferable Materials	Required	Required
M.3 Waste Reduction and Management	Required	Required
M.4 Health	Required	Required

Overview

Which products relate to which guidelines?

Different products contribute to compliance in different guideline categories. The table below lists which guidelines are related to only interior materials and which guidelines may be met using any product selected for the project. This includes Guideline I.1 as it relates to product selection.

	I.1: Low Emitting Materials	M.1B: Product Life Cycle Assessments	M.1: Environmentally Preferable Materials	M.4: Health
Interior Materials (see definition under I.1)	All interior materials in project must comply with I.1			10 materials required (if one of most common it may be double counted)
Any Materials in Project		5 materials required, may be any used in project	55% of all materials are required, some may contribute in multiple categories, so actual % of contributing materials may be lower