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15. Check the USGBC errata on the USGBC website (www.USGBC.org) for MRc5, Regional
Materials, to ensure that the new LEED 2009 EP requirement is 30 percent versus the 40 percent
previously listed in LEED 2.2.
16. Which, if any, of the MR credits are available for Regional Priority points in the zip code of
your work or school? (See Chap. 7.)
17. Which, if any, of the MR credits are available for Regional Priority points in the following
major cities? (See Chap. 7.)
A. New York City
B. Houston, TX
C. Los Angeles, CA
D. Portland, OR
E. Miami, FL
F. Kansas City, MO
18. Your company is purchasing $10,000 worth of windows from a manufacturer who purchases
glass panes that are 75 percent postconsumer recycled glass by weight, and aluminum parts that
are 55 percent postconsumer recycled by weight. All the wood in the windows are new and are FSC
certified. If the glass, metal, and wood portions of the units are on average 40, 25, and 30 percent
of the total weight respectively, then calculate both the postconsumer recycled value and the FSC
certified new wood value of these windows.
19. Visit hardware or department stores and report the recycle content, FSC, wood, or other wood
certification, location of the manufacturer, rapidly renewable content information, and any other
environmental information as applicable on at least one wood or natural fiber-based product, one
metal product, and one mineral based product such as brick or concrete mix or one plastic based
product.