EB Comment Period 1-Responses edits

Responses to Public Comments Received on First Coment Draft of LEED-EB Comment Period was Open: 03/01/04 - 03/30/04)Document Date: June10, 2004Proposed Changes to LEED-Issue Date Type of Category Comment # Credit Likes and Dislikes Ways To Improve Language Changes Responses EB for Second Comment Summaries Submitted ChangeDraftLEED-EB like LEED-NC primarily addresses owner occupied or No Change NonePrereq 1.1 (Source Wastes, other than building single tenant buildings. In the future a guideline on how to apply Reduction and Waste maintenance materials, are a function LEED-EB to multi tenant/non-owner-occupied buildings will be MR MRp1.1-Com1 - - 2/12/2004Management, Waste of occupancy, not the building. Will developed. Stream Audit ) be difficult for the owner to control.All types of waste reduction including food waste are included in the No Change Nonewaste reduction prerequisite and credit. This will be described in the LEED-EB Reference GuideCould this Credit benefit from addressing Food Waste? As part of broader views of Sustainability, Community Gardening, and relationships of building waste to site plantings. Might there be guidelines for Composting facilities, to allow for compostable food wastes to be used instead of making it to the landfill or the incinerator? This could engender better food waste cycle habits, encouraging use of whole foods instead of processed foods(which are less Prereq 1.1 (Source compostable), and could result in ...