Hospitality-NC-v4.1 MRc2: Environmental Product Declarations 1-2 points

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Option 1. Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) (1 point)

• Life-cycle assessment and environmental product declarations.
  • Products with a publicly available, critically reviewed life-cycle assessment conforming to ISO 14044 that have at least a cradle to gate scope are valued as one whole product for the purposes of credit achievement calculation.
  • Product-specific Type III EPD -- Internally Reviewed. Products with an internally critically reviewed LCA in accordance with ISO 14071. Products with product-specific internal EPDs which conform to ISO 14025, and EN 15804 or ISO 21930 and have at least a cradle to gate scope are valued as one whole product for the purposes of credit achievement calculation.
  • Industry-wide Type III EPD -- Products with third-party certification (Type III), including external verification, in which the manufacturer is explicitly recognized as a participant by the program operator. Products with industry-wide EPDs, which conform to ISO 14025, and EN 15804 or ISO 21930 and have at least a cradle to gate scope are valued as one whole product for the purposes of credit achievement calculation.
• Environmental Product Declarations which conform to ISO 14025 and EN 15804 or ISO 21930 and have at least a cradle to gate scope.
  • Product-specific Type III EPD -- Products with third-party certification (Type III), including external verification and external critical review are valued as 1.5 products for the purposes of credit achievement calculation.

  Option 2. Embodied Carbon/LCA Optimization (1 point)

  Use products that have a compliant embodied carbon optimization report or action plan separate from the LCA or EPD. Use at least 5 permanently installed products sourced from at least three different manufacturers. Products are valued according to the table below.

  Report Type	Reference Document(s) for the Optimization Report	Report Verification	Valuation
  Embodied Carbon/LCA Action Plan	Product-specific LCA or product-specific Type III EPD	Prepared by the manufacturer and signed by company executive	½ product
  Reductions in Embodied Carbon: less than 10% reduction in GWP relative to baseline	Baseline: Product-specific LCA, Product-specific Type III EPD, or Industry-wide Type III EPD Optimized: Product-specific LCA or product-specific Type III EPD	Comparative analysis is verified by an independent party	1 product
  Reductions in Embodied Carbon: 10%+ reduction in GWP relative to baseline			1.5 products
  Reductions in Embodied Carbon: 20%+ reduction in GWP and 5%+ reduction in two additional impact categories, relative to baseline	Baseline: Product-specific LCA or Product-specific Type III EPD Optimized: Product-specific LCA or product-specific Type III EPD		2 products

  Note: Reference documents for the optimization reports must be compliant with Option 1.
  

  Impact categories:

  • global warming potential (greenhouse gases), in CO₂e;
  • depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer, in kg CFC-11e;
  • acidification of land and water sources, in moles H+ or kg SO₂e;
  • eutrophication, in kg nitrogen equivalent or kg phosphate equivalent;
  • formation of tropospheric ozone, in kg NOx, kg O3 eq, or kg ethene; and
  • depletion of nonrenewable energy resources, in MJ using CML / depletion of fossil fuels in TRACI.
  
  For credit achievement calculation, products sourced (extracted, manufactured, purchased) within 100 miles (160 km) of the project site are valued at twice their base contributing number of products, up to a maximum of 2 products. See all forum discussions about this credit »

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