My interpretation of this credit is that it applies to existing building materials that are salvaged and re-used.
The LEED consultant claims that it applies to “reusing” materials that would otherwise be diverted to construction waste. Is it even possible to get credits MR 3.1 and/or 3.2 on a new building?
Specifically those refer to salvaged and refurbished materials.
NOTE! You could be getting these from a separate source - you don’t have to get salvaged/refurbished materials from something that is being demolished. We had a project where a an existing building was being demolished, and the elevator equipment was being salvaged and refurbished for use on another project (donated for a ‘worthy cause’. So, that other project could actually claim the elevator as salvaged/refurbished material even though that facility was elsewhere and had no demolition involved.
William