Which design strategy carries the highest value by LEED in the Material and Resources category?

A project has a total cost of $21M. The project team wants to earn points for Option 2. Leadership extraction practices in LEED v4 credit Building product disclosure and optimization - sourcing of raw materials. What would be the contributing cost of  $30,000 worth of carpet tiles that are made from 80% post-consumer recycled content and the manufacturer participates in an an extended producer responsibility program?

Which qualifying product must always be included in the MR credit?

A project team is adding up the number of separate products used on a project to see if the project meets the 20-product minimum required for one of the Building Product Disclosure and Optimization credits. Which products would count as two separate products?

Because the requirements for selecting products that qualify for building product disclosure and optimization are not typical of all construction teams and suppliers, which action should be taken to ensure products meet the credit requirements?

Why should a project team ensure proper storage locations and sizes for recyclable materials in the building floor plan during the initial design phase?

Which design strategy would NOT lead to higher recovery rates of recyclable materials?

For MR Prerequisite Storage and Collection of Recyclables, what is the additional type of waste that requires safe collection, storage, and disposal?

A Core and Shell project has tenant spaces that are unfinished. The project team may estimate the requirements for the recycling areas by any EXCEPT which way?

A project located in a rural area without a recycling program must take which action for MR Prerequisite Storage and Collection of Recyclables?

A general contractor is working on documenting the quantity of materials reuse for a project. If a salvaged material came from on-site, how will the contractor determine the replacement value of the material?

A project team working a new construction project is attempting to divert construction waste from the landfill. Total construction waste is estimated to be 120 yards. What is the minimum material volume and diversion streams that need to be diverted to earn MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management Option 1 Diversion?

A renovation project includes removing part of an old building, re-grading some of the site, and taking down some trees for a building expansion. What item must be included in the calculations for MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management Option 1 Diversion?

A new construction major renovation project is working to convert an historic warehouse into a mixed-use retail and office building. The project is trying to divert as much construction waste as possible from landfills. The following is a construction waste management summary. How many points would the project earn for MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management?

Waste                                                                        Weight

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Excavated soil                                                          50 tons

Crushed concrete reused on site                         25 tons

Steel sent to a recycling center                            1 ton

Wood sent to a waste-to-energy facility             15 tons

Mixed waste sent to a landfill                               25 tons

A construction waste-management plan must establish diversion goals, target at least how many materials to be diverted, and explain diversion plans for those materials?

A building contractor with limited space on the project site has one construction and waste-management bin that commingles concrete, wood, and drywall, as well as a separate bin for land-clearing debris. A waste hauler takes the dumpsters and separates the concrete, wood, and drywall off site for recycling. Given this information, which statement is true?

Source reduction includes all EXCEPT which strategy?

A project team is considering options for earning MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management Option 1 Diversion. The school is in a rural area with little waste infrastructure, and the project cannot meet the waste diversion requirements through reuse and recycling. Which strategy should be considered?

A project team is deciding if the project will generate more than 2.5 pounds of construction waste per square foot (12.2 kg/m2). MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management Option 2 Reduction of Total Waste Material is appropriate if the project team is able to take which action?

A project team believes they can generate less than 2.5 pounds of construction waste per square foot (12.2 kg/m2) by using source reduction strategies such as modular components and prefabricated wall assemblies for the project. What will the project team need to document for MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management Option 2 Reduction of Total Waste Material?

A retail project is using waste-to-energy as a diversion strategy for MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management Option 1 Diversion. A LEED AP has submitted documentation that includes the MR Construction and Demolition Waste Management calculator, waste tracking totals and diverted waste amounts, and the waste material streams. What additional documentation is required?

Which of these is NOT considered a best practices ensure a project accurately calculates waste diversion for MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management?

A contractor has bins on the site of a construction project for commingled waste. Which statement is true about the project's ability to earn MR Credit Construction and Demolition Waste Management for diverting waste?

A project team for a retail project is conducting a waste stream study over a 24-hour period to track the waste generated.   What does the project team need to identify for the audit as part of MR Prerequisite Storage and Collection of Recyclables?

What minimum time period must a waste stream audit be conducted for a retail project?

What documentation for MR Prerequisite Storage and Collection of Recyclables is specific to LEED BD+C: Retail?

A project team is pursuing MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction Option 3 Building and Material Reuse. The surface areas of what elements need to be included in the reused elements table and calculations for documenting the credit?

A project will renovate a building with historic designation into new office space. The surface area of the existing building structure and envelope is 100,000 SF. How much of the existing building will need to be reused to earn 5 points for MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction?

For a building renovation the architect's plan indicates reuse of interior elements including wall partitions, flooring, doors, cabinets, and ceramic bathroom tile.If the total interior surface area is 30,000 SF, how many square feet must be reused to comply with MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction?

A major office renovation is attempting to reuse the building where possible. The following items have been maintained during the renovation:

ItemSize (sf)Reused Area (sf)%ReusedFoundation14,35014,350100%Exterior Walls (excluding windows)54,06343,25080%Interior Structural Walls76743060%Exterior Windows1,28032025%

What percentage of the building qualifies Building and Material Reuse for MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction?

Which type of project would require the project team to conduct a whole-building life-cycle assessment for MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction?

A developer selected a building with a historic designation for a project. The necessary building alterations for bringing the building up to code caused the building to lose its historic status. Which action should the project team consider for earning MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction?

A developer has purchased a blighted 100,000 SF (9,290 m2) warehouse. Part of the roof and one of the exterior walls, totaling 30,000 SF (2,787 m2), are structurally unsound and must be demolished. The developer will maintain 60,000 SF (5,574 SF) of the surface area of the building. Which statement is true about the project team's ability to earn MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction?

A project team has purchased 7,500 SF (696 m2) of salvaged wood flooring from a barn at a cost of $22,500. How can the reused materials be applied toward LEED credits?

A Core and Shell project is reusing an existing building and tearing down the West wall to add an addition. The following items are being reused in the following amounts:

ItemSize (sf)Reused Area (sf)%ReusedFoundation10,00010,000100%Roof10,00010,000100%Exterior North Wall (excluding windows)10,0008,50085%Exterior South Wall (excluding windows)10,0009,50095%Exterior East Wall (excluding windows)10,0009,50095%Exterior West Wall (excluding windows)10,00000%Interior Structural Walls5,00050010%Interior Non-Structural Walls70065093%Asbestos ceiling tiles1,00000%

What is the percent reuse for the project?

A building has an existing brick enclosure and steel structure. The drywall has been replaced for a new tenant. What layers are counted as reused portions?

A project team is close to meeting the 25% threshold for building and material reuse for MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction. Which strategy would assist the project team earn the credit?

A project team member is using an LCA tool to compare a baseline 2-story mixed-use retail building to a proposed model. The gross floor area, programmatic function, orientation, climate zone, and LCA scope match between the baseline and proposed model. What else must occur for the LCA assessment?

A team member is reviewing the LCA narrative for MR Credit Building Life-Cycle Impact Reduction Option 4 Whole-Building Life Cycle Assessment. What table is going to be included in the narrative?

Which type of analysis will the project team conduct for a whole-building life-cycle assessment?

What material is included in a whole-building life-cycle assessment?

A project team is conducting alternative analysis of a project design as part of a whole-building life-cycle assessment. One of the products the design team is considering is not in the LCA tool's data set. Which option does the project team have for the analysis?

A project team member is comparing an LCA model to a baseline design to determine the reductions in six impact categories. One impact category exceeds the baseline by 7%. What alternative analyse would the team member run to check different impact measurements? 

The project team for an elementary school is selecting paint to use in the classrooms. Each classroom will have an attached restroom. The classrooms will be painted with a beige, matte-finish paint made by ABC company. The restrooms will be painted with the same-color, semi-gloss paint made by XYZ company. If both products have EPDs, which statement is true about how the products will count toward MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - EPDs?

A project will include carpet tile and walk-off mats from one manufacturer, as well as ceramic tile and wood flooring from another manufacturer. All of the products have industry-wide (generic) EPDs. How many permanently installed products would this count toward MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - EPDs?

For MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Environmental Product Declarations, the EPD must be consistent with ISO standards and be at least which assessment in scope?

Which product would contribute to Option 2 Optimization of MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - EPDs if the product demonstrates a reduction in at least three impact categories?

A project team is reviewing Type III EPDs for the impact reduction of different office chairs in the following categories:Global warming potential (greenhouse gases)Depletion of the stratospheric ozone layerAcidification of land and water sourcesEutrophicationFormation of tropospheric ozoneDepletion of nonrenewable energy resourcesFor product optimization, which factor must the chairs possess?

Which is a key strategy for project teams to earn multiple points and credits for the MR Credits for Building Product Disclosure and Optimization?

Which type(s) of EPD is(/are) always created from a product category rule?

Cabinetry that is low VOC and made with FSC Certified Wood would contribute to what credits?

What product would contribute to both MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials, Option 2 Leadership Extraction Practices and MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Material Ingredients, Option 2 Material Ingredient Optimization?

A project team is reviewing a new insulation material that is Cradle to Cradle v3 Gold certified. If they use this product on the project what credits would it contribute to?

What products would both contribute towards MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials, Option 2 Leadership Extraction Practices?

A project team has identified enough qualifying products to meet MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials, Option 1 Raw Material Source and Extraction Reporting. What must be submitted for documentation of the credit?

A project team is purchasing salvaged bricks from a local company that sourced the bricks from local buildings that are scheduled for demolition. The price of the bricks was $5,000. The delivery fee is $200 and the installation will cost $2,000. The owner received a 10% off discount by paying within 15 days.What should the project team use as the cost of the materials for Materials Reuse as it applies to MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials?

The architect and other project designers are reviewing material choices for a new office space. Which reused materials will NOT contribute to optimization of MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials?

An office is relocating to a new facility in another state. Any furniture and furnishings that are relocated to the new site can contribute as a reused material for MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials if these materials were purchased:

A project includes some salvaged wood flooring costing $50,000 and that was purchased 500 miles (804 km) from the project site. What value does the wood have toward MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials?

A project team is reviewing material choices before deciding which products to include. The team located interior wall partitions made with recycled content that have been salvaged from another building ten miles from the project site. The partitions resold from a company located 20 miles from the project site for the price of $20,000. What value do the partitions have toward MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials?

A product will count toward the achievement of MR Credit Building Disclosure and Optimization, Sourcing of Raw Material in all EXCEPT which of the following cases?

For a product to count toward the achievement of MR Credit Building Disclosure and Optimization, Sourcing of Raw Materials, which CSR framework is values as one whole product?

Which action should be taken to ensure that project team members understand and prioritize the selection of materials compliant with the MR Credits for Building Disclosure and Optimization?

Which description is an example of extended producer responsibility?

A project includes FSC certified wood costing $150,000 and that was extracted, manufactured, and purchased 80 miles (128 km) from the project site. What value does the wood have toward MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Sourcing of Raw Materials?

All EXCEPT which documentation can be used to report the material ingredients of a product to at least 0.1% (1000 ppm)?

A project team is reviewing ceiling tiles that would contribute to material ingredient optimization. If all of the products have similar prices, which products would contribute the most to the criteria of 25% of the total of permanently installed materials for the credit?

A project team member was not clear about the specifications for building materials, and a contractor substituted a product with disclosure documentation for a product without disclosure documentation. The replacement product has a GreenScreen v1.2 Benchmark. How should the product be treated as it applies to MR Credit Building Product Disclosure and Optimization - Material Ingredients?

When designing for flexibility, project teams should focus on the portions of the building typically subject to change, which include all of the following EXCEPT:

A project team for a healthcare facility is developing flexibility goals in anticipation of the future expansion of the building. The building may be expanded both up and out. Which strategy would help conserve future resources? 

A tenant is moving into a new space and is planning for the future growth of the company. What project feature allows the space to be changed more easily to support growth?