INTENT
Living Products should reduce or eliminate their use of fossil energy, and ultimately create more renewable energy than they use both on-site at their facilities, as well as accounting for the entire life cycle of their creation. Their manufacturing should use energy efficiently and support the decentralized production of renewable energy.
REQUIREMENTS
Living Products are Net Positive for energy within both their own site operations and the full life cycle of the product.
On-Site Net Positive:
105% of the energy used to produce the product at the final manufacturing site must be generated from renewable energy produced on-site on a net annual basis.
Life Cycle Net Positive:
Manufacturers must first reduce the product’s cradle-to-gate fossil energy Footprint through on-site and supply chain innovations to use less combustion-based energy. They must then create an energy Handprint greater than the product’s fossil energy Footprint to become Net Positive through one or more of the following strategies:
- Innovate to conserve energy or generate renewable energy across the life cycle of the product.
- Engage with users to achieve energy conservation through improved use of the product.
- Work outside of the supply chain to reduce energy consumption or generate renewable energy.
CHANGES FROM LPC 1.1 TO 2.0
This Imperative from LPC 1.1 was split into two Imperatives so that I06 Responsible Energy Footprint would become a core requirement of all Living Products, building awareness of fossil energy use and creating a clearer path to becoming Net Positive. There is no longer a 3-year plan to reach energy Net Positive. Living Products must be Net Positive for energy at the time of certification and maintain that status through recertification. To support this, new exceptions recognize a portfolio approach to demonstrating On-Site Net Positivity across multiple facilities.
