USGBC Working Group Approves New Guidance for LEED Materials & Resources Credit 4

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has released the results of its Supply Chain Optimization Working Group, a group that was chartered to develop implementation procedures within option 3 of the LEED v4 Materials & Resources credit (Building Disclosure and Optimization–Material Ingredients).

The working group has recommended significant implementation actions to supplement option 3, intended to provide building product manufacturers with a step-by-step process for meeting its requirements. The working group also created a framework for a field test of the guidance with building product manufacturers.