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CREDIT: MOKULUA HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDER

Best performer. The Smith Residence in Kailua, Hawaii, a LEED Outstanding Single-Family Home of the Year winner by Mokulua High
Performance Builder, is also the first in the state to certify (Gold) under the latest version of the rating system, LEED v4.
enables the architect or specifier to achieve this credit, as defined from LEED v4, which incentivizes projects that specify at least
in LEED v4 requirements. 20 different products that have EPDs sourced from at least five
The second way a project team can achieve LEED credits under MR different manufacturers, in the same way as it is achieved in the
credit 2 is to specify products with multiple sustainable attributes. LEED v4 system.
This strategy is intended to reward manufacturers for using EPD For more information on either of these credits, specifiers can
documents as a playbook for sustainable product innovation visit the USGBC website.
by showing environmental impact reduction or performance
improvement, below industry average or A Bright Future
across iterations of a manufacturer-specific It is true that EPDs are helping drive change within the manufacturing
EPD in at least three of the environmental sector and the construction industry, challenging stakeholders to
impact categories measured in an EPD. step up and do their part for environmental stewardship. As more
Those categories measure product impact manufacturers continue to develop cradle-to-grave EPDs and more
on factors such as global warming potential project use products that carry the EPD label, the sustainable
or depletion of non-renewable energy construction movement will continue to grow in the right direction
resources. For more information on how to for years to come. GB
earn credits under MR credit 2, go to www.usgbc.org. ■ ■ CertainTeed Gypsum: www.certainteed.com
LEED v4 also awards pilot credits for actions and projects that the ■ ■ U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC): www.usgbc.org
USGBC consider innovative, but have not been formally approved ■ ■ Saint-Gobain North America: https://saint-gobain-northamerica.com
as a standard credit in their rating system. MRpc84 Materials
Multi-Attribute Assessment—EPDs, formerly known as Pilot Credit Dennis Wilson is director of Product Stewardship & Sustainability
52, was added to LEED 2009 with the introduction of LEED v4. for Saint-Gobain North America. Saint-Gobain is the world’s largest
This credit in LEED 2009 mirrors the MR Credit 2, Option 1 credit building materials company.

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