Qualification for LEED Credit MR 5.1 and MR 5.2
Local/Regional Materials
Intent
Increase demand for building materials and products that are extracted and manufactured within the region, thereby supporting the use of indigenous resources and reducing the environmental impacts resulting from transportation.
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.
Sloan
Although plumbing components cannot be included in the scope of
these credits, Sloan Valve Company follows the intent of
credit MR 5.1
and MR 5.2. Sloan Valve meets the intent of these credits
by utilizing
locally reclaimed and recycled materials in producing our
valves. Sloan
uses reclaimed brass as a way to preserve the environment
by reducing or
eliminating the need to mine virgin material from the earth.
Sloan valves
are locally manufactured thereby reducing the environmental
impacts
resulting from transportation.
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